I had not thought of the wounded warrior project using automatic reels, I have a buddy who has my old one, if he's not using it I will send it along.

As for using them I have been able to land some pretty nice grass carp, catfish and largemouth bass using a single action reel with a disk type drag system, I am not sure I would have been able to have done that with an automatic reel. None of the autos I have seen have any room for backing, and I'm always hoping I will need the backing on my reel someday.

Just my $.02