Coot, did you cast the Penn 955 in comparison to the calcutta 400 or just talk yourself out of buying it when it did'nt hold enough line for you? I have found Penn to be right-on with thier line cap. some mono's are thicker than others in the same line weights maybe thats what you ran into. StorminN, a curado 200 weighs in @ 8.5 oz. Diana, you just crack me up!! Thats the way it seems to go the biggest fish is always hooked-up on the worst crap-incrusted reel on the boat while those bright gold Penn's just sit thier looking good. You did well to get that big striper or was it a small blue, in on that 309