Reel for weighted steel?

[FishingFool34]

Looking to get a weighted steel setup, I’m looking at 200ft weighted steel 4-500ft of 19 strand wire and some amount of braid backing. My question is what size reel do I need do I need to fit all this? I have a convector 55 is that overkill for this? 

[rolmops]

I have 200 hundred weighted steel + 800 19 strand on a convector 45 with room to spare. It gives me the possibility to use the line counter which is important because the sinking rate of the 19 strand is the same as the weighted steel. Where 200 weighted steel gets you 40 feet down , every additional 50 feet of 19 strand  will give you another 10 feet of depth. That's why I like the line counter.

Edited July 22, 2018 by rolmops