Big Dave - I was hoping you would have some mystical insight on them
I got a tip from Mike P a couple years ago to take some Penn HT100 drags and trim the outside diameter down to that of the Smoothies. This seems to work well but I have not had multiple big fish nights to really test it since doing. Best I've done testing were several 20-28# fish in a nightt and it held up fine. I did realize that I could get one more HT in than Mike did (luck of the draw?) which gave a little extra stopping power. When I overhaul this reel again, I'll write down what I did...
Oh, and the Extreme Smoothies are nice too but again, have not had a monster fish night to try them out more....
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