Looking at a new reel for my 7 wt setups and interested in a Hatch Finatic. Two rods I use most are a 9'6 and 10' 7wt XP and typically overline these with 8wt Rio salmon/steelhead floating lines. Can any owner of a Hatch 5 comment on pairing this with the setups above? Im concerned on backing/line capacity even if I went with the midarbor spool. Appreciate your feedback. (PS the Hatch 7 seems to be overkill(heavy and generally too large to balance the rods)
Blane
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