The Asian Angler December 2014 Digital Issue - Malaysia - English | Page 79

Smooth And Strong Drag Turn the handle and the rotor starts rotating. The rotation is smooth with very minimal friction felt. Such a feel is mostly found in high end, high priced reel. Well, I don’t know how much this new Ryojin will retail for as this is just a prototype reel and no one has the liberty to share such info. Unfortunately I do not have permission to bring this reel to our lab for further tests. What I can tell you is based on tests done at the location. The 2015 Ryojin has a powerful and smooth drag. We tested it by dragging a 5kg dumbbell weight / disc on the carpeted floor. It worked well. 79