I have three Penn SSV's of different sizes that we use for surf fishing and blue water float lining. They're a little on the heavy side but they handle large volumes of mono very well and they're built like a battleship. I have 300 yards of 20# mono on one and it's mounted on a 12' mh surf rod. Last summer at the beach I got spooled in about 2 minutes by what I suspect was a very large shark. I inspected the drag washers afterwards and they still looked like brand new. If you have the guns to do it the Penn's would be perfect for A-rigging.