I like the rod but have one question. What do you do if you get hung on something. I used a line that heavy one time and when I got hung up on something I had to tie the line to the boat and use the boat to break it. Even with that, I had to get a running start with my 60 hp motor to break it. Do not try to break it with your bare hands. It will cut you and even with it wrapped ten times around my knocker stick I couldn't break it. I am 6'2" and weigh 220 and am not weak!!! I fish in a lot of places with stumps and having to go through all of that or just cut my line and lose it I just never go over 30 lb test anymore. I suspect that the line that says it is 65 pounds means that on a big spool of line that there is no place on it that is weaker than the stated line weight. There is no telling what the true breaking strenght in for most of it. I have the boat pulled down and was making no headway with breaking it before I gave up and used the boat.