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I cast conventionals 100% of the time and I have a lot of fun doing it. However my next rod will be the 1201m wrapped spinner. That way I'II have much more of a weight selection in the plug bag. I fished tonight with a 1201L and a 525mag. I hooked into a real nice fish that bent the pole in a U, ran off a bunch of line and wrapped me in a lobster pot. On another long cast with the lure down 25' I hooked another cow that pulled plenty of drag and the hooks pulled. Fishing mono in these types of depths calls for a stout rod and, maybe, I hate to say it--braid. I would've brought the 1201m but I wanted to cast super strikes so I grabbed the 1201L. With a spinner it wouldn't matter, the super strikes would be in the bag along with the larger plugs. Bringing two rods around gets pretty old and I tend not to do it. For night in and night out plugging a spinning rod makes more sense to me; but if you want a conventional then have one wrapped up---you may never go back again, once you get use to a reel facing up.
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