To all owners I like to have your opinion of how Van Staal reels compares to Daiwa, Shimano or Penn. While I started with Penn and Daiwa half a lifetime ago, I always had to work harder in winding in the Penn compared to the Daiwa or Shimano. All this is really are gear ratios which Penn's is worse than any of the Japanese maybe all other makes. I like to know what the Van Staal is like in this sense when fishing with it. When you are getting old like me you need all the help you can get. 

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