Originally Posted by LouisB
so after peeling the good braid off of the reel I a thinking to spool up some cheap 4-6 lb mono to learn to cast.
I'm thinking it will be much like braid and not a big loss if I have to use a knife to remove over runs!
Heavy, medium or lightweight casting weight to start?

Sound reasonable to those of you chuckling to yourself over the problems the noobie is going to encounter during the learning phase.

Just read the directions that came with the reel. FOLLOW THEM. Ignore anything you read on the internet.


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