First of all congrats on the reel, that's sweet looking. I doubt you will be dissapointed with that one. I have the Avocet II on a 7'6" UL and fought a couple of 10lb sheephead with it and won. Everything on it is smooth and well made.
Good luck with the steethead, too bad not too many salmon left to test it out on. If you don't find the steel there's always carp that you can break it in with.
What ever you catch, hope to see a pic of the reel next to your catch./>
I didn't know you could catch carp this time of year; We're planning on going for steelhead as we know a spot that they're at this time of year, We just don't have any experience catching or fishing for them.
We're good with salmon though, and we know to float fish for trout, So I think we have a chance.
And thanks for all the great suggestions everyone, I probably should have waited for a sale, but I think i'll be happy with this one, like I said before I'll let you you all know how it goes .
