I used the BB all of last year. Overall it’s a nice, but like Tonka said I could really only stand it in shallow water because the line doesn’t spool off as fast as with a spinning reel.

I might try switching it up this year to an in-line with free spooling like in Tonka’s link, but I’d be interested to hear how “free” the line comes off with a tiny tungsten at the end of the line. Do you still need to pull the line off the reel?

I’ve had reps try to sell me on the benefit of just being able to “palm” the BB as a way to set the drag, but for me that’s not exactly realistic (“reelistic?” sorry, had to) when I’m hole hopping in 0 degrees. The joints don’t exactly agree with that method in those temps.