Wally Marshall and Lew’s® designed this powerful little reel for tightline trolling and jigging in heavy cover for year-round crappie fishing. The model WMR5 crappie reel is designed from scratch and really is a scaled-down reel with true free spool functionality; it's not just a "line holder" like most of the mini crappie reels. This reel is super light with lots of muscle.