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I have an 8'6" spinning rod that has seen all sorts of uses including trolling with a linecounter. It works great but isn't strong enough to pull anything more than a deep crank or Jet 20. I don't use inlines on it either. As long as you're smart about what you run and it's enough rod for the fish it should be fine.

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Thanks. I'm changing out three rods from spinning to line counters. Over at Olcott in June I have been using 15 lb test 230 yd capacity spinning reel no problem with handling 15-20 lb kings it had to wAtch line remaining, but this one king took the rig on a screaming run and could not even slow it down. Emptied the reel. New line counters are 400 yd capacity...twenty pound test . Rods are spinning 8ft, 3 inch... Rated for twenty pound test. I just wanted to see that fish...next time I think I will have the edge.

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