The Spring 2005 Orvis Catalog features a new Saltwater reel called the Vortex VO2. In the description of the reel it mentions a vast improvement to the drag. It also mentions why they needed this better drag:

Quote from page 33: "A Permit in a full run can spin a reel at 16,000 RPM, creating tremendous friction on a drag surface" End Quote.

Can this be true, or is it a typo? That would mean the handle of your reel would be spinning at a knuckle busting speed of 266 revolutions per second!

That is smokin' Anyone else see that catalog? Anyone had a fish run like that? I've caught Makos on the fly and I'm not sure if my handle was spinning quite that fast...maybe it was?

Rich

[This message has been edited by flymaker2 (edited 13 February 2005).]