Don't listen to Rees, he's completely wrong. HeHe There's different ways to set up your poles when pulling cranks and you just have to decide which works better for you and the way your boat is set up. With my set up, I'll run my longest lines from my center poles. The main reason for this is the fact that they are angled up from the water and its 25' or so back before the lines enter the water. So if I have 75' of line out with those poles, I will figure 50' of line when looking at the chart. Rees knows his stuff and his way is as good as anyone's.