With all this talk of 'ruffe slappers' - the mind boggles!!
You wouldnt want to know Lee!
Yes Ron, I never moved over to the Cardinals, but tried them once. For the big waters I bought 3 of the large Mitchell 306s or 308s cant remember the model numbers(I think thats what they were), giant reels designed for sea fishing, a bit like our modern day big pit reels, we also tried multipliers for carp after watching "Long Cast Harry" at the Roman Lakes use them.