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Hey Rob, I used to only fish eels pre-dawn at the ditch so I tried alot of different set-ups. Spinning hurts my wrist too. But where distance is a concern, I found it harder to fish eels with convetional b/c when they move mid-cast it means that you have to thumb the spool to slow it down resulting in a shorter cast. I prefer spinning for eel fishing the ditch but since fishing eels aren't my primary focus as they used to be, I've had to adjust. The best setup I have found to date is a Sabre 1208 cut 6" from the tip with a smaller reel like an Abu 6500 CS Rocket or Penn 965 with 20 lb mono. THe downside is this setup (IMO) is only good for 1 hr before and after slack. The rocks are tough and braid doesn't stretch enough so when a fish pics up your eel it feels the line go tight instead of it giving as mono does. Myself, a guy named mario, an old guy with a beard and a camper and occasionally John R used to kill them with 1 pound eels at slack. That's actually how I learned to fish the ditch. I'm still learning . GOod luck! Can't wait until I don't have to drive 1200 miles to catch 30 lbers! -PS my biggest ditch fish (40lbs) has come on a jig!
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