Rick and MrBill: Between your two posts, although your techniques of exactly when to use the low gear may vary somewhat, I think I definitely get the picture. So I am definitely back on the reservation as to using a 2-speed for chunking.
So back to using the big spinners for casting and perhaps jigging. I would probably use the 6/1 Twinspin 30 for jigging because most, if not all experts seem to agree that the higher gear ratio is best. But what are your opinions as to the best gear ratio for casting
poppers--the 6/1 Twinspin or the Stella 20,000 Power Gear? If popping is anything like chunking, I would think the somewhat better cranking power of the 20K would be the ticket for fighting the fish after the hookup?
Rick, I realized you were using the TS for chunking as a change of pace and not as your go-to gear. What you added about the lengthened fight clarifies it for me. I realize on the party boat scenario, you have to limit the fight somewhat. That's why I am still considering not bringing my flyrod on the boat with you.
In reality, I was assuming you were ending the fight as quickly with the big spinner as with the heavy conventional gear. I think I've been reading too much about those guys in the Pacific jerking 100 pound GT out of the water with spinners like Rio Grande Perch on a cane pole, and I was assuming you were accomplishing the same thing in terms of fight time with YFT.
And, as always, thanks for the free lessons. If I were trying to learn to dance, this would be costing me $50.00 an hour.
Russ