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If you were so inclined, you could almost use a new fishing line every day for a year

A high gear ratio of 8:1 is usually better suited for topwater lures, where you need to quickly retrieve up slack (since the lure will drift towards you with each twitch)

If youre a bit on the short side, trying to cast and retrieve with a long rod can get a bit unwieldy

For skipping under mangroves or docks from a kayak, I prefer a 6 to 66, and for distance casting into open water such as in lakes and rivers I prefer a 7 to 8 rod

Daiwa, no stranger to enthusiast anglers, has been, arguably, the long standing front runner for finesse focused baitcasting reels

So a definitive answer will almost always boil down to your billfold and the bite