Since I'm on a fairly tight budget, all of my DR rods are set up with Abu 6501s since I'm a lefty. The Penns are great but I like a faster gear ratio, the Abus are 5.3:1 which I need to keep up with a coho that decides to make a torpedo run. I've been running them for 4 or 5 years and never a problem. I have one Abu Record, which is my newest that was given to me as a return on a favor, it is a nice reel too plus it has a 6.3:1 gear ratio. I can fit 300 yards of 65# braid on them no problem, never needed more than that, in fact probably only ever got down to half a spool.

No need for line counters for me, my Cannons have a good line counter. Don't do any moochin', but if I did, I'd have a line counter for sure.