I need expertise on which reel to use

[kaibab200]

I have a dilema, everyyear I head up to Canada to fish for monster white King salmon running up from the ocean, with the current rigs (Calcutta baitcast with 50 pound braided and 30 lb mono leader) we are having a very difficult time landing fish over 40 lbs, not always due to break off, but they will strip an entire reel. What happens is that in the day and a half you will have 20-30 hook-ups on big kings, 8 or so are monsters, the biggest I have seen brought in is 70lbs, but it was an area were there was very little current. If they are in the 25 -35 lb range we can usually get them in, but when they get bigger than that (around 8 last year) they use the current and end up over powering the rod/reel system and free themselves. The technique does not allow affective use of a spincast reel, so I need a bait cast type model something that will cast well accross the river, hold larger line and really add some drag. Because of the strength of the current It probably doubles the weight of the fish. The canadians and locals have the same problem, any ideas?

T

[FirstNationRods]

It has a number of adjustments.Good thumb controal helps though.It comes in two models a high-speed and a more normal 4.something. I bought the Saltist 40 regular speed for the added torque. It has worked well as a jigging reel to. 100lb halibut were no problem last summer.

Richard