I have a penn 545, 6:1 I love it for eeling!! Nothing like letting that fat girl take that eel all the way slaming that hook in and turning her in a split second
Moses,6:1 is super high speed and anything over 5:1 is fast enough to jig the canal.But these are usually larger reels as was mentioned.Unless you have a two speed reel a fast ratio will give you less power for the hardtails.Get a stella 5000.