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Ah Slip,you know I love you man but conventional is the way, the light and the truth. Abu 7000's suck, always did. To heavy and too slow and fussy. I got along for years with Shimano GT200's. The reel cost 85.00 bucks and you could lock it down tight. I use a Quantum, that's right, a Quantum Big Iron IR 420CX AND IT HAS A 6.2 to 1 retrieve and you can lock it down. Except for a new set of bearings it never let me down and it and the GT200's sport level winds. Now for distance, a few years ago me and Dave Peros, now Capt. Dave Peros who was with and still writes for OTW, did some field tests in Crane over in Falmouth for the mag and the results were published in May issue 1996 in Dave's column then . We set up a grid out to 500 feet and we tested The shimano Calcutta 700 with and without the level wind and the GT200 and the Big Iron. Guess what all easily achieved 400 feet with my ten foot JKF and a hookless 3.5 OZ Gibbs polaris. I did the casting and the 700 Calcutta was best with a cast of 460 feet, next was the 700 with the levelwind and we only lost 20 feet. The Big Iron and the GT200 tied it up at 420. Not bad if I say so myself. Line was 30lb Big Game mono in green. A guy who knows how to throw one has no problem whatsoever with "casting and being able to catch fish". Also,many manufacturer's make left handed conventional reels. The Calcutta is available in lefty for example as well as Newells and Penn.
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