Or step on it, which is what I seem to like to do, especially on barnacle covered rocky beaches. Nothing like following a fish down to beach and getting stopped short when you line wrap a dry rock 40' to your left.On the reel, no chance of wrapping the line on a rock, stick, belt, carabiner, clip, foot, cleat, etc etc.
And for fish you really want to bring in as Sal said, that’s an important risk I try to avoid.
Yes, I like to use my reel for line management for anything decent sized, earned or not.
