I fished the 275 some more over the past few days.
I really like fishing Pencils during the day as well as surfing metal lips in the waves and the reel is great for that. Being able to suck up slack promptly when my plug lands or gets tossed by a wave is nice.
I usually fish a 250, so the adjustment to a 275 isn't that big to me.
I know Dennis often uses a 300, which is a complete winch with its low gears so I imagine the adjustment to the faster retrieve is a bit bigger. Also when fighting fish I'm aware that the reel is faster, but not enough so that I'm aware of it.
I'm also planning to use the 275 on topwater tunas next year as well. In my opinion most
Van Staals are simply too slow for properly working topwaters for surface feeding tunas.
For another contrast I still like the smaller round knob on the 250.