SHIMANO SLX 70 MGL CASTING PERFORMANCE AND SPECS 

This is the Best review I’ve seen on it so far!

Love these reviews

JP - thanks so much for your insight - much appreciated!!

I just bought this reel today? East county bait and tackle in lakeside CA....I'm pumped can't wait to use it...I'm originally a bluenoser and i lived in Niagara from '95 -2013 ... currently Vista CA...your livestream pop up a couple days ago about maintenance...great content! Thanks! I appreciate it

Good explanation of the breaking system

Just picked this reel up. Feels nice. Just spooled on some flouro. Feels nice casting. Excellent videos

Great stuff. Appreciate your point about the spool being 70 size, not the frame. Very important to me in purchasing this reel.

Thanks man just bought me one and you helped me a bunch. 🙏🙏

Nice video as always!

Hello, I actually bought the real today, and decided to check out a video before it arrives so I’m ready to go. This was an outstanding video and I learned so much. Thanks a million for your tutelage.

This reel is basically exactly what I was looking for for almost a year by now and when it came out I was a but iffy about the sizing, considering my dinner plate hands - until I got to hold it.

Just picked one up yesterday, best reel I own at the moment.

Good review and information. I’m glad you mentioned the spool size is a smaller 70 size and the reel frame is the standard size. I thought the reel was a little smaller too. I haven’t seen that fact mentioned anywhere else. I just picked up a SLX MGL and am anxious to try it out. Thank you.

I've been using it on a 6'10" med light Zodias for underspins and small swimbaits. It performs flawlessly amd the thing can cast a 3/16oz bait farther than the rod can hook up a good hook set haha. Sometimes I tighten the drag slightly so I can really swing on them from afar and then back off a 1/4 turn and let them run around. In all seriousness I've landed 100s of bass, smallmouth, crappie and a few big cats amd it's one of my favorite combos for having fun. It really makes me want to get an alderbaran on a 7' med light + Expride.

Awesome 👍🏻 Would be fun to see a 300 size SLX for pike!

This may be too late for an answer, but where did you get the line counter?

Looking to get one of these haha is that the JDM or American version? And what gear ratio did you go with and why, I’m always curious about that 😁🤙🏽

What is this reel good for

I just subscribed to your channel from sunny South Africa, JP and really enjoy and agree with your assessments. Can i ask if you would prefer a dc reel to a mgl or a reel with both functions? I am a teacher with 2 kids at university so i don't have the money at the moment to buy a scorpion or metanium. I am thinking slx dc or mgl or curado 70 mgl. Not sure which one to buy.

Just took mine for spin today. Out of the box, spooled up 70 yards of 832 6lb braid- casts OK, still working out the braking. Thing I noticed right away though- very smooth reeling with no load but even a crank bait puts enough resistance to cause a rough feel in the retrieve. I can hear and feel some sort of scraping? Any advice? My other two SLX 150's are silky.

you think having the spool right were it stops getting play and the brakes at 4 is enough to not use the thumb?

How smooth is the retrieve on these SLX compared to a Curado? All my reels are Curado K's or Scorpion MGL's, because they're just like butter on the retrieve. Thinking of picking up a DC reel, and if the SLX has that same butter feel, then I might pick that up and put more money toward the rod.

can SLX MGL 70 spool be used in SLX XT given they're the same frame size?

whats your pick the xt or the mgl?

So the SLX XT is this same reel with a bigger spool?

So is this a good top water reel

Hey JP. Just curious. Would you lean more towards the SLX MGL 70 or the Curado MGL 70 k?

Would this be a good for 1/2oz flipping jigs

I have at least one of each of the SLX reels and the MGL is not my favorite. The small light spool is loud and doesn't handle my larger baits nearly as well as the XT. I'm not saying it's garbage, but the XT is a better overall reel in my opinion.

IS it good for bfs?

XT better