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Jon, I have mine in stalled with backing plates and the angle of the rod is just about ideal. I'm using the penn 130 bent butts which are pretty flexible, never had a problem on a big fish. As far as reaching the line, you should be able to swin g the rod to be able to reach the line, if not there is always a long gaff aroun d in those situations that you can use to reach the line.
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