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Originally Posted by Gunpowder
awesome... thanks for the help #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&. what model would u use for a ten foot heaver from the surf?
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..In the surf I used the Shimano calcutta 400 for everything on a 9 foot rod, Large plugs, eels, and everything in between...I have caught every imaginable size of bass with that reel in every condition imaginable...The only place I would use a different reel was in Breachways when I was jigging, for that I would use the Abu 7000, You dont need anything larger..But again if that was my rod, I would put a 400 on it and worry about nothing! If you want to go convench than go with a calcutta 400 you will not be sorry.I have no problem trying other manufacture's products but I always come back to the 400, nothing else comes close or holds up as well.Those abu's seem smoothy out of the box sure, but get them wet a couple times and you will see, I spoke for awhile with Mike Bucko last week and he told me that abu still has not got it right as far as drag goes, nothing tops the dartainium drag the calcuttas have! The smoothies are no match either...To me more imprtant than anything else including casting distance(which is way overrated) is how well the drag holds up! Well thats my advice...good luck