Just when we thought that we seen all, an undisclosed company will lunch a reel the size of a 3/0 that produces 35lbs at strike and 50lbs at full - digitally measured.
The prototype has no problem reaching thous drag pressures, the problem is - how long a fisherman can last to fight a fish under these crazy drags?:)
...avet raptor can reach up to 27lbs drag at full in same class size reel, this reel does 50lbs at full - no problem.
Estimated retail price: $350 - 2 speed reel, all airplane type aluminum. Highly castable.
Good looking little beast bro! 
AVET Hxw Raptor gets 54 lbs with free spool I just checked and I have fished the Raptor with 57lbs of drag.
Its the tiny spool diameter that really hurt you in a fight.
Dont get me wrong... I love the litte 
power house reels thar can make a 130 rod like limp noodle.
This a MXJ size reel, not HXJ. Its mainly meant for vertical jigging.
Got ya! Mean little dude, looks nice!
??? I'm assuming that a reel that small would force the fisherman to fish straight braid from boat or land???
It would seem that you could not load it with enough mono strong enough to handle that drag.
If that is true, would that take this tiny mighty reel out of MOST LBSF applications?
Is it the best choice for LBSF? NO! But you know me I run straight braid on a lot of my surf gear and have no complaints . I run staight JB 130 and short 25 yard top shots and it has worked great. Its all about location, some spots need 80 wides with 3-400 yards of heavy mono and some spots straight braid will work flawless.
CJ is right. In some situations, like big grouper, or less then 9.5ft hammer 150yds-200yds line is just enough to land the fish, from structures, like piers, jetties or bridges. Not so much from the beach. Like anything else, all reels have they own place.
Imagine jigging all day with a heavier reel? Fatigue kicks in fast. Again, this reel is targeting thous hard core, offshore boaters that jig all day long, although, inshore, big groupers would have a heck of the time to get back in they hole, with this little monster at full blast.
Wow that's a lot of power for such a small reel
how much braid can it hold?
80lbs braid about 300yds. Hollow braid works the best, since it lays flat on the spool and the line won't dig itself.
That thing's more for bragging rights than fishing 
I can achieve the same type of fishing with half that drag.
Just an average fisherman.
Not as fast as you could, at double the drag, with 20lbs cranking power in lower gear 
. Truly designed to whoop big snappers and groupers out of they hole.
I just don't see any fun in that, it's probably the same reason I find snook fishing at the pier kind of boring. You don't give a fish a chance to pull line, you end up soar and beat up by a green fish; it becomes more work than fun.
Just an average fisherman.
Once you get dumped on a fish you really wish that you caught... I belive your thoughts might change. Its better to have the heavy drag then not.
I have seen fish pull hundreds of yards of line off with drags set at 60 lbs now thats fun.
To each there own i guess.
I know scull dragging fish is no fun but loosing a big fish is much worse, ya know! Good thing about little lever drags is you can adjust your fun with the lever.
A 4/0 size reel so its slightly larger but.....THE CANYON SPECIAL
Imagine you shrunk a 80 Wide (9/0) reel down to the size of a 30 class reel. Officially launched in February of 2008, the Canyon Special is a 4/0 two speed reel that has the drag capability of a 9/0 reel. At full spool the max drag power is just under 40 pounds, 80 lbs. at half spool, and just under 120 pounds at empty spool. Load this brute with braid and you have a small, light weight package that has massive power to handle almost anything in the sea.
Once you get dumped on a fish you really wish that you caught... I belive your thoughts might change. Its better to have the heavy drag then not.
I have seen fish pull hundreds of yards of line off with drags set at 60 lbs now thats fun.
To each there own i guess.
I know scull dragging fish is no fun but loosing a big fish is much worse, ya know! Good thing about little lever drags is you can adjust your fun with the lever.
It's understandable if your fishing for the most powerful fish out there that will pull that kind of drag, but if it's a type of fish that strips reels most people would try to fish for them with a decent amount of line.
Not too many people get dumped vertical jigging over a wreck because that's not how most of those fish are going to fight so a small powerful reel is ideal. But now imagine horizontal fishing... hooked up to a marlin on a small and powerful reel like that but not being able to chase the fish down; something is bound to give, the angler into the water , the terminal tackle, or the fish rips its own mouth off with that kind of sheer force it exerts (like many tarpon I've seen with hanging lips).
The drag pressure that that reel has on full would require a heavy line like 100lb+ that doesn't give an angler much room to work with a truly massive fish that does threaten to dump such a reel.
Of course I've lost fish because they simply took out all my line, but more often I've lost a fish because my drag was too locked up for some reason when the fish hit... you guys think about the ratio of that in your own experience and decide whether you would be set up for tackle busting or reel dumping. I can account for way more hook pulls and line pops than I can for fully empty reels.
I'm a fan of heavy drag when it has the option of being fished lower for soft lipped fish like kingfish; but with a tiny reel with heavy drag there's not much leniency and to use that thing for other fishing applications would provide to be more challenging at best.
Just an average fisherman.