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After reading all these posts, I've come to the conclustion(s) that:

I have the wrong weight line on each of my rods.
I am using mono line and should be using braided
I dont have enough line on any reel I own.
I am using the wrong types of hooks.
I bought the wrong reels.



Thanks for the inspiration

MJ

All this said, I say we take a trip armed with Zebco 33's and test Chalk's theory.

YOU take a trip with Zebco 33's, and tell me how it went.

Didn't someone direct us to an article about a guy over near JAX, catching a good size tarpon, on a Zebco, here a while back?
A reel is only as good as the amount of line on it, and the operator of the drag- Big ones or little ones. JMHO
We got 2 saltwater Zebco's, we bought 10 or 12 years ago. 'Have caught reds and some big trout on them. The grandkids use them, when they come down. One of them brought a 36"(hit the shift this time, Wevans) plus king up to the boat over by Larark reef last year. Of course, I boached the landing net thing, and it threw the hook. I'm still trying to make up for that one.
My other reels are 35 dollar Shakespeares'. 'Work good, last a long time,
if you keep them clean and lubed. When one breaks down, I buy a couple more.
But, then I'm just cheap.

Nothing wrong with Zebco reels, Qoutrage. But, a Zebco 33 ia a little light. Not knocking your equipment. Wevans catches a lot of fish with a Zebco.

I think we also have to remember the amount of use we give our fishing equipment, when we choose what to buy, or what we claim is "good".

I tend to buy cheap electrical tools, because I don't use them very often.
If I needed those tools for almost everyday use, I would buy the best I could afford.
Fishing tackle is like that.

Yes wevans would be the Zebco king.

All hail or is that "aw hell"

I think it's the latter, Wevans.

Didn't mean to sound arbitrary, TC. And, you're probably right about, hanging something heavy with a '33'.
I do have a dumb question about braid, since I've never used it- Can you use it on a spinning reel? I mean, I'm sure you can, but how does it cast? 'Looks like it would be easy to get a birds nest with it. 'Seems it would be a good backing for mono, though.
Enquiring minds want to know..

It casts better on a spinning reel than it does on a casting reel. There are several folks using it on spinning reels.

Thanks TC, sounds good. 'got a spool of 30#, I use for utility stitching. 'Guess I'll give it a try.

qoutrage,
I use braid on several spinning reels and usually a 2-3 foot leader of flurocarbon. Has been working real well. I have been doing it for a year or so and have never gotten a bird's nest I couldn't fix quickly. Braid doesn't seem to knot up as easily as mono does in a bird's nest. The only complaint I've had my wife got spooled before I could help her out. Ended up landing the fish; but, it's hard to get the braid to "catch" the spool again. I've heard that you should put double-sided tape around your reel before spooling on the braid to limit "slipping". Haven't tried it but seems reasonable.

Eerman, try backing the braid with mono.