All depends where you fish,if you get down south where you catch a lot of biggins you need a good drag.spinning reels for me work the best,they have a better drag than those little baitcasters. Grizzly jig has some little Diawa spinning reels for 20 bucks,a friend of mine just bought some and they work great and cheap on the pocket book! I had the small baitcasters for years and they do fine,I just like the spinning reels better good luck!