YES. I love them. I use a 4/0 or 5/0 reel with 60 pound test tied directly to the lure with no weight on a heavy 50 lb rod as they will generate a LOT of pressure if you pull them around 6 to 7 hundred RPMS. Down here in Beaufort NC stripers like the baby dolphin green and red and white color. I've only used the 25's as we are usually only in 22 to 25 feet of water and they will dig the bottom if you speed up but they are probably only running around 16 or 17 feet . I used to use 40 pound test but the albacore and big amberjacks hit them like freight trains and break the line so I went to 60. Some guys fish the rock jetties and shoals with casting reels with 20 lb test but its a workout. IF I were drifting along with live eels I would drop down to 20 but the 25's just put too much pressure on the line somewhat like a number 3 planer.As a matter of fact I am now working on my secret deep water wreck weapon which will include a stretch 25. A dive captain friend of mine found a old shrimper in 64 feet of water that was more than likely an old insurance job that holds huge kings and amberjacks but you cant get a bait to them as it also holds some 8 to 10lb blues, barracuda etc. My plan is to put 200 lb cable on one of my old Penn 600 downriggers with a commercial number 6 or 7 planer to get it down 40 feet or so then have the 25 running another 20 feet deeper on about 50 feet of line and hopefully it wont trip the planer. If it does I will use a 10lb planer ball and use the outrigger drag as my fish strike indicator...Frank