Lever Drag Reels

Lever drag reels are how the West Coast fishes offshore: preset your strike drag with a scale before the trip, and the lever gives you the same, repeatable pressure every time. We stock the category deep: Avet's single, two, and three speed reels, machined start to finish in Chatsworth, California; Okuma's Makaira, Alijos, and Cavalla; Daiwa's Saltiga lever drags; Penn's Fathom and International two speeds; Accurate's Valiant 2 and ATD Platinum twin-drag reels, built in Corona, California; and Seigler's US-made lever drags, from a $150 Avet Classic SX to 130-class big-game gear, with left-hand retrieve and slow-pitch models in the mix. Every reel can be professionally spooled and rigged before it ships.

Shopping for an Avet specifically? Our Avet reel guide helps you pick the right size and model.