I had a Curado 300e filled to the brim with #40 Powerpro on the 1086. We were using a vertical "drop the jig to the bottom and rip it back as fast as you can" technique. Lucky for me, neither yellowtail took more than about 75 yards of line at a time... but I had the drag screwed down about as tight as it would go.

I'd say that a 1086c would be too light to fast troll for them, but the jigging was like fishing albacore. They definitely tested the tackle, but Ramon was ready to chase the fish if we had to.

I caught the roosters on my 1163c with a 200 DHSV. They were in the 4 lb. range and scrapped surprisingly well on that rod. I brought the gear down for the Sierra which we didn't end up catching.