Lew's American Hero 6.4:1 Right Hand Baitcast Reel

This Lew’s American Hero is great for the price. I placed it on a Lew’s Mach 2 7ft medium heavy fast action rod with 40lb Berkley X9 Crystal braid. I put a layer of electrical tape on the spool for the braid to grip on to, do not put braid directly to the spool. There needs to be some kind of backer wether you use fluorocarbon, monofilament or a piece of electrical tape to start with. The reel was smooth, light weight, easy to operate and cast pretty far even though I put heavy braid on it. The drag and spool tension adjustments do not have detents(makes audible click noise when adjusting) Not to be expected on affordable class reels. I am very pleased with the Lew’s reel and would purchase another one on my next new rod. If you are thinking about buying a bait casting reel from a company you know nothing about or are skeptical. Don’t! Buy a Lew’s, when they are on sale it is only $3 more for a lot better reel that will last you a long time. I caught a 5 pound largemouth bass the day after I received it and the reel performed excellent. The reel towed the bass in with no lock up and no slipping drag. Just make sure that you have fun the reel will do the rest.

Difficult to find left handed reels in lower speeds but this one was worth the wait to find. Smooth action and seems pretty sturdy, time will tell. Never had a Lews product do me wrong yet though!

Decent reel... you get what you paid for. And this is accurately priced for what it is.

Always been a fan of Lew’s fishing equipment. Needed another reel and for the price, I couldn’t pass up this one. The reel is light weight and very smooth. The drag is nice on this reel and all the adjustments help with less back lash.

Very nice reel for the money! I bass fish and it’s perfect for all the baits I throw.

Advertised as 8 bearings but it's only 5. Very smooth for 5 though.

I Ordered from this seller.Clamed to be a New Reel. For $88.31It came to me in opened packaging with ware marks on the reel. Suggesting it was clearly used.The spool would not turn no matter what i did with the spool tension knob or star drag unless the star drag was so tight the handle could barely move.Then the spool would only move 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch.The line release button did not function at all.The model clamed in the ad was not the model received.The model on the reel was not the model on the packaging.I paid 88.31 for a reel i received that should have cost no more than 45.00.

Right out of the box I was impressed with it's size and weight,i only made a few casts with it after I put on some line which wound very nicely on the spool,The reel is very smooth casts a mile, and is 100% anti reverse,already going to buy another one for my son and start weeding out my old junk !worth every penny as of now would recommend.8-15-15 Update,I have used this reel a few times and caught some real nice Bass too! I really Love the reel ! BUT! .... Today on it's 4th trip out I was reeling in a 1/4 oz. Spinner Bait and the KNOB feel off! I was so Disappointed that this happen to a reel i was really lovin'Amazon is quickly shipping out another one (thank you Amazon) I hope the next one does not start to fall apart after a few uses, (I know Sh*t happens and it may be no fault of Lew's), other wise I will have to change my opinion on the Lew's American Hero Reel!

Es 7.1.1 de Recuperacion y muy bonito, buenos componentes

Didn't cast very smooth.

Great looking reel. I have yet to use it. Looking for the right baitcast rod to attach it to.

Excellent product and for a good cause

Muy bien, a tiempo y en excelente estado