For flying a kite? 
Today I was using an 8 foot St Croix premier glass trolling rod in medium power. I paired it with a Sealine 27. Tonight we are going to by a bigger kite to see how far we can get the kite out there. I will try to post a video.
DT
have done that before. Sealine 27 worked great. Even the very cheap kites can get way up there with them. Beats the heck out of rolling up all that line by hand. Rods are great for getting them started up in the air to. Took all the main line out on the sealine and then all the backing to. Those kites where way up there.
My goal is to spool a 47 tonight. 
DT
For some reason the pics come off my phone sideways.
DT
wow that would be cool 
Many years ago (30 plus), I had well over 1200 yards out with my kite at the end of it during a great, windy summer day. It was just a speck in the sky above. I got hungry and rather than reeling the line in, I tied it to our TV antennae (I was on the roof to begin with – grew up in the country and that’s what country boys do…). Went into the house and made a PB and J sandwich, then headed back up onto the roof, only now my kite wasn’t above my head, but rather on the horizon, just barely visible above many acres of trees. I reeled in as fast as I could, but to no avail. I thought, “it was fun while it lasted and my good ‘ol kite went out with a bang!”.
Two years later I was spearing suckers (country kid) and found my kite at the edge of the creek, line still intact.
That’s the end of the story. I know it’s usually the uninteresting story’s that the author has to identify “the end”, but hey, you brought back some good memories with your kite-and-fishing-rod question, and for that, I thank you!
1200 yds!! Holy crap oly! I would have liken to see that spool 
When a passing plane catches it you know its enough line out. 
got tired of turning my ‘puter…. 
Cool
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