cook, my first ultra lite was a Diawa 500 reel on a 4'10" rod. The reel held about 90 yds or less of 4# test. I bought a pair of them for me and the wife 30 something years ago when we were just starting out fishing. That reel had a great drag for such a small reel, and that very important when use such a light reel and line. We've hooked and landed hundreds and hundreds of fish with those rigs, mostly crappie, gills and small bass. Of course you don't fish over such a long period of time with out hooking into some big or odd things. I landed my first 4# bass on a beetlespin with mine. My wife hooked and then proceeded to hand me the rod after hooking a 25# carp. I fought that fish for 20 minutes or so but got him to land and into the net. Since we were fishing at a boat launch it didn't take long to get a crowd gathered to watch the action. On another occasion, she hooked a turtle of around 15 pounds. Now turtles don't fight like fish and are hard to land. They swim towards the bottom and every inch of line you gain takes a hundred yards of work. Man do they give you a challenge. Of course she again passed me the rod to do the job which i accomplished and we had turtle for supper. I probably have more stories but my clutch is slipping a little cuz I have CRS. By the way I still have both of those reels and they still work but have a lot of slack in them because there were no bearing back then only bushings. Sorry to say the poles are gone to there happy resting grounds. My Dad stepped on the tip of one of them and it snapped and I don't remember (CRS) about the other. Anyway, don't let the size of those outfits put fear into you. You need a light hand but you can do a lot with them.
"gene"
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