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Old 12-12-2010, 12:22 PM   #2
beamie
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Most of my cod rods have the 80 blackdot cortland for just the reasons you mentioned, a bit easier to handle. I do have a rod with 50 on it and it is fine with the less diameter will hold bottom a little longer but tangle wise it is just a little harder to deal with.

Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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