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I think that convench is the way to go while fishing the Canal,I like it for applications like drifting eels & chunk bait youre line rolls off the spool and the presentaion is more natural.They are also ideal for plugging and jigging,you can get a mega cast out to those hard to reach fish or you can get a extened drift on a jig.
You are able to cast heavy lures further and with more accuracy than with spinning.You can take out the brakes & change the factory bearings to ceramic and cast even futher.Conventionals can hold alot more line weather it be Mono or braid,I belive that have they a higher torquing strength than spinning.A convench looks like a smaller version of a winch,they are very durable and rugged,I dont mind dunking my convench in the water,in fact before my first cast I'll pure water on it so my line gets wet and it wont affect my first few casts.When I get home I can rinse off my convench and let it air dry.If I dunk my spin I know that when I get home it will need to be tended too,not a complete strip down but more work than I want to spend on it,unless you have a Van Staal things would be different in that respect.
I like to use spinning reels on the beach because most of the time that I go it's @ night and I use eels,stick baits,lighter plugs & sluggos.Spinning reels are alot more "user" friendly like casting,retrieving & untangling knots.vs a birds nest on a convench in the middle of the night.Everything has it's Pros & Cons,IMHO I think it's all preference,as to what kind of fishing you want to do what kind of bait you use & where you fish.
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