Hi,
#10 w should be fine. I have landed some on my 10 ft Sage #7 weight. The difficult bit was getting them those last few meters over the lip onto the sand. I think you should ask the question: "Is my reel good enough"? I fish Abel reels and it is normally fine, but once I had to replace the bearings after a big one smoked me!:biggrin:
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Regards
Niel