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Other Quantum pro staffers have commented on the new super high-speed reel’s effectiveness for fishing buzzbaits, burning spinnerbaits and ripping vibrating baits. They say it’s really more about what you can do with it, than what you can’t. You’ll see the new blue Tour Edition PT reels on a high majority of their casting rods.

Other outstanding features of the new reel include a recessed foot, allowing it to sit even lower on the rod to provide a perfect palming fit to the hand, and a spool opening that has been opened up even more for total thumbing control and better access.

Also new is the reel’s Dual-Bearing Continuous Anti-Reverse Clutch. The design provides greater stability and completely eliminates even the slightest backward movement of the handle for rock-solid hooksets. A support bearing keeps the spool shaft in perfect alignment, while the roller bearing provides instant lock-up at a strike.

Other features include CNC machined aluminum frame, sidecovers and front support; MaxCast skeletal spool; ceramic drag system; polymer-stainless hybrid 11 PT bearing system; Ceramic-Zirconia level-wind design; extra hard PT gears; and a cold forged screw-on handle. A scratch-resistant titanium vacuum deposition coating in a stunning blue finish completes the package.

Of course, the Tour Edition PT baitcasters feature Quantum’s exclusive ACS external adjustable centrifugal braking system, but it has been improved too, with 9 weights that are now infinitely adjustable. That means anglers can dial in the precise amount of cast control needed for any situation.

The Tour Edition TE1170PT and TE1171PT are the 7:1 gear ratio models, in right and left-hand, respectively. The TE1160PT and TE1161PT are 6.3:1 models, in right and left-hand. Tour Edition PT reels retail for $229.

Without a doubt, Quantum has taken baitcast reels to a whole new level of fishing performance ­ a level called Performance Tuned. And the new Burners model are smokin’ fast on the water.