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| ...but I still don't know what it's for! 
"Not till the loom is silent, and the shuttles cease to fly, shall God unroll the canvas, and explain the reason why."
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| | I believe that the anti-reverse, was designed for freshwater fishing, where you would be using very light line, and also didn't want the noise of the drag, spooking the fish or breaking the line. You would just give him a little line instead. I had some older abu garcia reels when I was a kid and it actually had the words "freshwater" and "saltwater" printed on the reels. It would be useful if you were going to keep your rod inhand at all times, or finesse fishing with a worm, or where the bite would be so subtle that the fish could nibble the bait off the hook, or even swallow it before you would knew it. You would just be more involved. That's the extent of what I know about it, of coarse I never use it either LOL. Mike
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| | Its gotta be a 'freshwater thing'....I watched Bill Dance or somebody talk about reverse reeling while fighting a fish......yeah, I'd like to see him do that with a large snook or redfish, lol..... the drag works just fine for me, like the MoganMan himself always likes to say..... "Music......Sweet Music!" I never use the reverse feature, and agree, it seems to be just another thing to fail. My old Penn 4200SS was one of my favorite reels....but the anti-reverse would fail within weeks of being repaired at the shop, every time (and usually bust a knuckle while fighting a fish). It now sits on a shelf in retirement. I could easily do without a reverse gear.... chumhead
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| | Yeah I got one retired as well, somethin about gettin your knuckles chewed off in saltwater, when it is less than 30 degrees outside. Maybe after we get these Mogan Man rods going, we can work on the Mogan Man reels.
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| | I wish I could find a reel with no anti-reverse switch and a baitrunner. I've begged Okuma to release one, but to no avail. I've NEVER used the anti-reverse on a reel, for ANYTHING. I've always thought it was one more thing to break. I HAVE lost fish due to the anti-reverse switch though. accidentally hit the switch when picking up a rod or while fighting a fish... my $.02
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