Hi all.
Unless I'm primarily casting road runners with an open faced reel - all of my poles:
bobber, dipping, and spider rigging: all use the basic cheap under spin reels loaded with 6pd Stren gold line. They have never failed yet If I have problems with anything - I just change to a new one.
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