So, you can spend $400 on the top-of-the-line surf reel, or get a good reel for a little over $100
[Pg 315] The Theban illustration (some six hundred years later) squares with Wilkinsons statement sometimes the angler posted himself in a shady spot by the waters edge, and, having ordered his servants to spread a mat upon the ground, sat upon it as he threw his line: some, with higher ideas of comfort, used a chair, as stout gentlemen now do in punts upon retired parts of the Thames. The beat of our piscator , whose fishing lines should be closely studied, was probably not on a retired part of the Nile, but on one of his own vivaria , which, as in Assyria and Italy, ensured a supply of fresh fish in hot weather
I didnt get any pressure points, and the pack stayed balanced with minimal shifting
I finished this rod in July, peak fluke season close to home running out of the Manasquan Inlet
A bright, hot day with no wind is a great time to jig for smallmouth on the lake