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08-24-2010, 12:53 AM
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Like everyone else I have my favorite setups. I have Penns that are nice, but I have several Diawa 50H reels that I love. I run downriggers (Invader brand) and these reels just keep working. They are just over 30 years old and look pretty much like new. (Maintenance is a wonderful thing). You can still see/buy them on eBay.
I use different rods depending on how I'm going to be trolling. If I'm using umbrella rigs I go for the heavier 6' rods because of the extra drag of the rig. If I'm using worms, j-plugs, any kind of single lure then I use 8' downrigger rods. I usually use 25lb mono but I'm liking SpiderWire braid more and more.. Tried Monel and SS and leadcore.. it just doesn't do it for me.. that's why I went downriggers. I cast my own fish shaped 10 lb weights, and I can control the depth easily. It's cool that along with the counters on my downriggers I can also see my weights on my FF so if I mark fish at a particular depth I can precisely put my lures at that depth. 
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