stumpknocker
02-28-2002, 06:50 PM
Howdy,
I have an STH Cayuga Large Arbor 4/5/6 for freshwater bass and have been very satisfied with this reel. I would like to put together a light SW outfit for flats/inshore as well as FW stripers/hybrids by putting this reel on a Sage DS 9ft 8wt or perhaps a St. Croix Legend Ultra (same specs.)
Does anyone have experience with this reel? I am curious if the teflon/brass disk drag will hold up in the event I actually hang in to something in salt water that runs harder than a decent largemouth bass and if I'm pushing my luck by cutting down on backing capacity by spooling this reel w/8wt. line. I seem to have plenty of room on it with wf6 and 150yds backing and would rather spend my cash on a better rod than have to buy both rod and reel.
I'm spending a week in the keys in May for my honeymoon and we plan to fish/kayak around the flats, hence my desire to have something remotely suitable to play with in those conditions.
Actually, in typing this note I find an answer for one of my questions: give it a shot and see how much line and backing you can stuff on there..But I still wonder why I seem to be the only person in the world using this reel..Thanks for any input you can provide...
I have an STH Cayuga Large Arbor 4/5/6 for freshwater bass and have been very satisfied with this reel. I would like to put together a light SW outfit for flats/inshore as well as FW stripers/hybrids by putting this reel on a Sage DS 9ft 8wt or perhaps a St. Croix Legend Ultra (same specs.)
Does anyone have experience with this reel? I am curious if the teflon/brass disk drag will hold up in the event I actually hang in to something in salt water that runs harder than a decent largemouth bass and if I'm pushing my luck by cutting down on backing capacity by spooling this reel w/8wt. line. I seem to have plenty of room on it with wf6 and 150yds backing and would rather spend my cash on a better rod than have to buy both rod and reel.
I'm spending a week in the keys in May for my honeymoon and we plan to fish/kayak around the flats, hence my desire to have something remotely suitable to play with in those conditions.
Actually, in typing this note I find an answer for one of my questions: give it a shot and see how much line and backing you can stuff on there..But I still wonder why I seem to be the only person in the world using this reel..Thanks for any input you can provide...