Originally Posted by Spidey2011

The tensioner plays a big part in that too. I can cast 1/2oz lures all the way up my big ass 4oz home made mega-pike lure with my Pflueger.

It's too easy nowadays to use them, IMO. Get you one from the 1950's, before all the magnets and brakes and stuff. Once you master that, you can use any reel there is. lol.