KastKing Royale Legend II Low-Profile Baitcasting Fishing Reel

James M.: Use this reel all the time, very smooth action.

United States on Nov 17, 2023

JGreshJGresh: I have bought at least 10 of these over the past few years. They are amazing reels for the price point and will rival reels that cost 5x as much. The pictures are of the first one I bought. You can see I have used it a lot and it is still going! I highly recommend this for anyone on a budget or not.

United States on Oct 31, 2023

Ottis F. Compton: I used this reel most of the season throwing different lighter spinners and crankbaits. The reel is still just as smooth and solid as the first day I used it. My other reels I have used are Abu Garcia Revo's which are also very nice reels but not anywhere close in the same price range. I often fish rivers and streams from my kayak and I am not a big fan of using very high end stuff from the kayak incase of any unforeseen occurrences. The higher dollar equipment stays on my big boat. With that said I did fish at least once a week from start of Spring through end of Summer from my kayak using this reel and a couple other Kast King models. Of the 3 models this one did seem to perform better for me. All 3 models were within $10 of each other. One of them was a lower gear ratio for deeper diving crankbaits.

My 16 year old son has really just started taking an interest in fishing and he was able to use this caster with very little trouble also. After helping him adjust it correctly to the lure he was throwing, he was able to cast it accurately and at a good distance pretty quickly. If you are looking for a solid well performing bait caster and you don't have an unlimited budget,...

United States on Oct 20, 2023

Stephen Elmore: A year ago I'd never heard of Kastking . Last year I bought a Kastking boonie hat for my daughter to go fishing with and she really likes it .
I decided I wanted a new baitcaster reel to put on an old (old old) pistol grip Uglystik 1st gen so I didn't want to spend the big bucks I'd spent on the reel already on it . Ok so they make cool boonie hats but does that equate to fishing gear . I read a bunch of reviews , watched a bunch of YouTube videos and decided to give this one a try , especially since I could get a lefty for the same price as a rightie .
Man I'm glad I did . I'd never spooled my own braided before but decided to try out some Kastking power line . It was super easy to fill (after watching a bunch of YouTube videos to see the best way for me ) and in hardly any time I was casting a practice 1/2oz rubber frog .
The first cast was SO SMOOTH I got a huge birdsnest so I locked the brakes down as tight as they could go then loosened little by little until I was almost birdsnesting but not quite and that frog was going at least a 1/3 farther than it did on the prior reel and the leftie handle took about 2 casts to feel natural , no more switching hands after...

United States on Aug 31, 2023

Pope Zeke IV: The spool spins effortlessly. All controls work well. The line tension, brake, and drag all work as expected.

The only thing I notice is the brake. I found, after using it for a while, it did not brake the spool as well as when it was new. But this seems to be the tendency of economy ones I own. The best brake is my thumb.

Once in a while, I snap cast by mistake, and the lines birdnest. Otherwise, the reel is well made, and I do not see the reason to sink $100, $200 for this type.

(Edit) I learned that, when adjusting for the different weight of lures, first set the brakes at "0", and then let the lure free fall. After the reel tension is set, then set the brakes. This helps the reel cast with less frequency of birdnesting. I still tend to snapcast, when I am trying to send the lure far.

United States on Aug 17, 2023

MemoMemo: No me gusto se uso 4 veces y después ya no botaba el seguro, se quebró uno de los resortes internos que quitaban el seguro a la hora de recuperar hilo.

Mexico on Aug 16, 2023

Bashaboina yadagiri: It is very better for me

India on Aug 15, 2023

David: Mucha fuerza de arrastre, los material son buenos me ha dado buenas capturas.

Mexico on Apr 06, 2022

Keith Knight: very good reel for the price .its light and very well made .very impressed with the brake system stops birds nest really well

United Kingdom on Dec 04, 2021

Mr Leslie Crowther: Very clean tidy finish, looks excellent, lovely looking bit of kit and it's as smooth as silk, not only on the retrieve but also in free spool, can't wait to get out and give it a go.

United Kingdom on Aug 28, 2021