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casting live eels
John, I have been throwing live eels down at the GRAVEYARD for many years. The graveyard is a massive set of ledges that extend out to approx. 500 yards from shore. While learning my own casting curve with live eels I experimented with several types of spinning rods. Thr best combination I could come up with is a 9.5' medium/heavy graphite rod with a medium action. This rig enables me to get good casts of 80-90 yards with live eels. To get that range I went to 12lbs. test premium grade line on a penn 5500. This rig works good for me bcause the relative softness of the rod action absorbs a lot of the cast shock which rips the eel from the hook. Hope that is of some help.
Mal
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