Automatic reels are cool and, to me, adhere to the "correct" way of line management. That is, not bringing in the fish in with the reel like you would a spinner or a levelwind but rather pulling in several feet of line by hand, then spooling it up on the reel, then collecting more and spooling that up, etc. Of course there really is no correct way of fishing, so I probably should re-consider using the term, but I certainly enjoy that method a lot more. Especially with larger fish as it can be pretty tough to reel them in with no gearing!!!
Cool find!!!