Power: I mentioned already the battle I had with a six pound largemouth out on the California Delta. This fish pulled a lot of drag as I tried to muscle it away from cover out on the California Delta and in this real world scenario, the Rocket's drag performed flawlessly. Out on the water, the largest bass I managed to hook with the Revo Rocket was a six pounder. Then with each successive test, the drag was backed off with two short pushes of the dragstar with our thumb. Sweet Drag Performance for Abu Garcia Revo Rocket (2.5 Turns to Lockdown)ĭrag on this reel was tested with the dragstar fully tightened. For some reason, at each setting, we had a spike in drag performance towards the end run of the third pull. That is, until the end of three pulls we programmed into The Machine. Otherwise, once we began backing off the maximum setting, performance was relatively smooth and consistent. Note at the lower settings, the Rocket performed fine, but at full, finger tight lock down, the reel's drag becomes very erratic. In the case of the Revo Rocket specifically, our test reel was very erratic at maximum lock down drag.įig 1: The Sweet Drag Performance chart above shows the consistency in drag performance of our Abu Garcia Revo Rocket.
Performance Ratings for Abu Garcia Revo Rocketĭrag: In the lab and strapped up to the machine, maximum drag on our Revo Rocket peaked at 21.3lbs of pressure, but if you look at our Sweet Drag Performance Chart below, you'll see that as is common with all bass reels we've tested thus far, maximum drag comes at the expense of smooth and consistent performance. There's just a bit more gear noise and vibration than I was expecting making this reel more or less average when it comes to scoring this characteristic. Otherwise, actual feel of the reel during retrieve is smooth but not nearly as refined as I'd expect for a $300 reel. By comparison, the IPT (inches per turn) range for each of the available STX retrieve ratios are 12.5-26 inches for the 6.4:1, 14-29 inches for the 7.1:1, and 16 - 32.5 for the 8.0:1. This retrieve ratio equates to somewhere between 18 to 36.5 inches depending upon how much line you have out on your cast. Retrieve: The Rocket is aptly named for it's blazing fast 9.0:1 retrieve ratio.
Spooled with 50lb braid and mounted on a graphite cranking stick for a pure test of power! As such, I spooled this reel up with some Sufix 832 braid in 50lb test and paired it with an Edge Rods eight foot cranking stick. Performance: Given the familiarity with this reel and its braking system, my real interest in testing the Rocket was anything and everything I could do to tax that 9.0:1 gear. Quality Ratings for Abu Garcia Revo Rocket
There is no backplay in the handle and the knobs are relatively tight, but again like the STX, there is some degree of movement in the handle when pushed into and pulled away from the body of the reel. Similar to the STX, the Rocket is solid and refined right out of the box with a very clean finish and no unusual gaps or areas of misalignment between the frame, sideplates, and other accent pieces. Actually, the accents on the Rocket are more reminiscent of the "Premier". The only difference I see from this reel and say the "STX" is the color and a few accents. Sharing more or less the same body and sideplate design from the "S" through to the "Premier" and even with the offshoot "Winch", the new "Rocket" is no exception.
Quality/Construction: If there's one thing to be said about Abu Garcia's entire suite of Revo reels it's that they are very consistent in their fit and finish.
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