Sorry about this digression, but I'm basically eulogising decades of doing what I do completely care-free, often having bundles of reels sent to America to await my return to play with them and rant about them to you
Shimano and Lews have been the popular brands in the folks that I have talked to in this area, i throw a Curado K, but I keep hearing more about the Daiwa Coastal
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From: David: New Hampton 5/9/20 Comments: I recently purchased the Fury 705CB to primarily use for throwing squarebills and lipless cranks which it works great for but was pleasantly surprised on how well it performed as a jerkbait rod too
He also stocks more than 400 of them at any one time on the shelves at Pickles Fishing in Eden
Obviously if youre fishing for salmon, steelhead, pike, or muskies, youll want a much larger net