01-04-2003, 04:59 PM
Thanks guys I was wondering because I wore out my old Mitchell 300 to the point that it was not repairable. I know I used it for eveything and landed a whole lot of fish out of it's size range. It was not designed for 15 to 25 salmon but handled them just fine. When I upped the size of the line (had never had more than 6# on it before) to 12# test it died within a year. But then it was more than 20 years old at the time. Now I have this new Quatum and with the extra spools and the thinner lines I was wondering if I would hurt the reel by uing a line that was heavier than what the reel is rated for. The ultralight is an inexpensive reel as it only cost 19 bucks. I can't think of any situation with that reel that I would ever need more line on the spool than it is rated for. Thus the question of upping the line weight for it.
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