I say fish with wat your comfortable with. I use em all. Most of my tube fishin is done on a 6' medium spinning reel and a light reel. Sometimes i spool with 6 lb for cold water and hot. post spawn i go to 8lb. I just caught a 6+ Lm last Saturday and got the fish in with no problem just have to play em a bit. But I am comfortable using that gear and like it. To each his own. Did Billy Westmoreland use baitcasters for bass?