Rod Rating

[thebug]

To start off i spool one rod with 100lb power pro and the other with 130lb tuff line with a 96lb braided nylon leader that is about 2.5 ft long so i don't cut the fish. of the two sturgeon rods that i use one was bought in 1981 and for the past 6 or so years has been spooled with 80-130(current) lb test supper lines lines although only rated for 20-40. I personally have landed over 60 fish with this rod sense my uncle gave it to me two years ago. So line test vs rod "test" i think makes very little difference its the back bone in this rod that is what i love. My first trip out i tail hooked a 7 ft fish and bent this rod double but was still able to boat the fish. It all comes down to the drags on the reels my penns both the 220 and the 330 i hate and will probably never buy a penn again but the diawa i stole from my uncle has the ability to stop a 6 foot fish dead in the water and i feel that that is when i need that line strength. Im limited to the bank 95% of the time so the ability to keep fish out of rapids or running up into a turbine tail race i feel warrants big tough lines tthat can take that kind of abuse. I have landed a 5 foot fish on my salmon set up with 30 pound main line and a 20lb floro leader one year in hells canyon. that was a battle i hope to never relive i was really worried about killing that fish when i saw that it was a sturgeon because i played it to exhaustion thus the other reason i love the big lines i can hoarse the fish around get them in and released before they start turning red and i get worried about killing a fish

my thoughts also i don't consider myself to wimpy on friday i caught and landed 5 fish from 3 to 6 ft all between 1230 and 330
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