Pardon me if I'm insensitive, but spinning reels are clunky, akward and quite frankly ***gy reels. I don't care how much lead I was throwing; even if I was just throwing straight eggs, I wouldn't be caught dead with a spinning reel. It's like wearing Roffe stretch pants and skiing parallel, sorry about the analogy, but that's how I felt when I used a spinning reel. Not to mention it was more difficult and uncomfortable to use than my baitcaster. Buy a good baitcaster and practice. Lose the mullet and half-shirt and become a "cool" fisherman.