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Yankee I as well have the penn 345GTI. It's a huge freeking reel with a slow retreive ratio but it's built like a tank. I ran 400ft of the 45lb last year and did okay. One thing I found is that I prefer running it on a big board as opposed to the inlines. To much drag when you fight that board in and we lost fish. I had a tangle at the end of the year with it (PITA when you get tangled, expensive too) and have some more left. So I plan to put mono in between each 100ft section so I can adjust depth that way. Hope to get 500ft on the reel. I have 300yrds of 30lb fireline for backing. Shrink tubing is a great Idea but I am paraniod about putting the copper directly into the clip off the board line so I planned to use mono. Do you know if copper is okay to clip in an offshore planer clip? Thanks! Oh ya I use a short Diawa heartland rod thats used for leadcore. Works okay but I would like a little more backbone to it. BTW I'm not sure you remember me but we met and had a few pops with you and your dad up in wilson during the derby. We were fishing with Candy on a charter that day. It was me, my father, shorthanded and ssafran (steve) We fish with Andy every year. Hope to see you up there again in the spring!!

NYforests, Good Point! I run about 50ft of mono off the wire for slide divers. I attach the mono to the wire with a 80# spro power swivel. This swivel will go right through the guides and into the reel. I only use this set up when the fish are not aggressive. It also works well for staging kings. Sometimes they like to hit if it's off to the side a ways and back from the dipsy. It's a bit of a pain to set but once you get used to it gets easiser. Just watch out for breaks on the mono and make sure before you clip the mono in the SD you let out at least 5ft of mono for a buffer. This acts as a "snubber" so to speak. I have learned from some expensive experiences that those hits can be visous. :shock: Good fishing!

I run it all year from spring to fall harbor patrol. I also use it with slide divers. It is one rod that is a must to have in the water. Mostly ran flasher flies and it accounted 75% of my fish last year. Take Care,

This is the wire I have been using for three years now. Excellent! P/N: 3458T11 Type 302 Stainless Steel Wire Rope 1 X 7 Strand, 1/64" Dia, 40# Break Strength In stock Quantity Per Ft. 1-99 Ft. $0.05 100-299 0.04 300 or more 0.03 http://www.mcmaster.com/ The reels I run and Diawa Sealine 47LC can't beat them. Alot of guys have been running the new shimano tekota line counters as well. I have heard great things about them but they are a little pricey. Good luck

This is the wire I have been using for three years now. Excellent! P/N: 3458T11 Type 302 Stainless Steel Wire Rope 1 X 7 Strand, 1/64" Dia, 40# Break Strength In stock Quantity Per Ft. 1-99 Ft. $0.05 100-299 0.04 300 or more 0.03 http://www.mcmaster.com/

I'm back in Business as well. Excellent Job guys it must take some serious time and effort on your parts. Thanks Again!!