Never did much fresh water fishing. Always thought of the Ambassador type reels even the old 7000 as casting reels. I prefer a little stouter reel for trolling. I always used Penn reels for off shore trolling. Hasbeen
Penn 320 & 330GTI's are Mainstays on the Chesapeake charter boats for trolling stripers. Even the old 209 & 309's are still on lots of boats. Old USA made ones on eBay go cheap.
Shimano tekota's are sweet too. I'm a fan of level wind reels for small to medium size game fish.
I like it to help count how much line I have out on different rigs.
