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I've been distance casting for years, started out the Arra route with a Newell 220. The old theory was that line coming off of a spinning reel comes off in a coil and slaps the guides the length of the rod, creating friction and decreasing distance, while line coming off of a conventional shoots straight down the guides with less friction hence more distance, but with braid and the ease it slides through glides I think that is out the window and spinning reels are the way to go. No one ever seemed to account to the energy needed to spin the spool of the conventional reel decreasing distance. I use an Ahab 12 with 15 pp 40 shock, and can hit 140 yards on a good day. I don't think that the Ahab is the best distance reel; I use it for the drag and because I've been using them for years (since the eeling days).
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