statesquider 0 Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 This is my final line/reel question :)I have another Okuma reel (there is a bit of a trend here) which is an avenger AV60. For some reason I put 8lb on there and the spool says it holds 450m of 12lb so I have a tonne of line on it. I never really had big plans for this reel but I use it for the same things as my smaller (avenger abf30) reel but I don't like to use it often as my wrist gets sore when flicking all day and its just way too big. So this reel tends to be thrown onto a 6'3" rod rated at about 6-8kg, a 7ft 8-10kg rod (which i totally understand is WAY too heavy for the line as you don't feel anything) as well as 10-12ft 6-10kg surf rods.Hopefully someone can make sense of this haha. I'm not sure of what line to put on it. The reel states it will hold 450yds of 12lb, 320yds of 15lb and 260yds of 20lb.So my problem (as I never used to think when I bought fishing gear) is I don't know what line I should have on it or what fish I should be targeting with it. Its good fun on the beach or rocks chasing salmon and I think it would be fine for snapper in a boat so i'm guessing I should spool it with 12lb or 15lb (leaning more towards 12lb).Again any help with this is greatly appreciated I'm really trying to organise myself and get myself out of the mess I seem to have gotten myself into so I can start enjoying a broader range of fishing.Thanks again everyone for any responsesTom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wedgetail 0 Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 I would put 12 lb on it good choice for medium surf work you can always use a heavy leader if need be stick with the mono if braids not in the budget. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vb4me 1 Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Going off the rods that you are using I would probably go for 15 lb which is 6.8kg. It really all depends on how you are going to use the reel. Sounds like its a bit of a general purpose type of thing with you swapping the reel between a few rods.My first rod was set up with 7kg line and was used on whiting flathead and bream. It caught spotted mackeral in the GC Seaway and a nice jewie in the broadwater at night plus countless rays up to a metre wide and all on a rod that was rated to 5kg. It was the only combo I had for years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest undertaker Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 all goes with the skill of the angler,not the price of the outfit..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
statesquider 0 Posted September 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Yeah the reel sort of gets changed around a lot. I don't have a heap of money being at uni, so for the time being I'm trying to work with what I have Basically the reel is used for off jetties, boats and rocks with the 6'3" rod and I use a 10 or 12ft rod for surf fishing (depends on the beach as to whether I use 10 or 12). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plankton 725 Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 I'd fill it with 15 lb. line, I don't see any reason to have 450 yards of 12 lb. on there, and then you can use it on all of the rods you mentioned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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