RE: Help! Newbie stuck int the figurative mud.
By a retriever.
Or, if you don't want to spring the money yet, do what you suggested and eliminate possible sharp edges, then buy some 200# fastflite or other heavy line. If that line came with the drum reel, it could be dry-rotted. No telling how long it sat around waiting for you to come along. The 50# bow is fine. I would not recommend going any heavier. Keep the safety slides. Get a very good-paying job, you're about to become a bf junkie/addict.