Cotton: I burnt up an AbuGarcia 6500, and my buddy burnt up a Cardiff in 3 hours or so.

Hey Dan: DO NOT throw the Hudd on the Heartland!! I lost many nice fish on that rod (ok, I did land a bunch also). Its just not stout enough to get a good hookset with the Hudd. I use the Okuma H for the Hudd, and it seems to be working fine.