Purevl: Well, good of you to say so, but I have seen a lot of folks posting on this board who have the desire to do this kind of fishing but have a marginal tackle budget--and I ain't using the stuff on this trip. But I suspect most of those undertaking a 76-hour trip have more appropriate tackle than some who go on shorter trips. And besides, I know some of the old timers have supplied a lot more tackle than just a few measly rods. And finally, if somebody decides to take me up on it, how can they then turn me down when I beg them like a dog to haul the POS milk crate up the Big E's stairs? I ask you. Huh?
Bret: I'm surely not saying anybody OUGHT to fish the 760H (or anything else, for that matter), with 40 pounds of drag--just saying I'm pretty sure it can handle that. I have pulled 45 on it in garage tests.
Russ