st croix discontinued fly rods St. Imperial USA Switch Rod new for 2020 St. Croix Imperial Fly Rod

I want to know it will hold up in a tough, drawn-out fight

With this upgrade, the Black Widow still maintains the features you know and love with its low-end price point, glossy black blank with enhanced graphics, fiberglass reinforced joints, metal eye tip, and line keeper

So we jigged deep with no success

He caught all his fish the first two days, plus a 10-pounder in practice, on the unique crankbait, throwing both the regular and shallow-diving models in smooth and a unique color that they dont really make. He swapped out the hooks for Owner STX 38 Zo Wire trebles and threw the bait on a 7-6, medium-heavy Lews Super Duty rod paired to a Lews Custom Pro reel spooled with 20-pound Sunline Sniper

After Jeff landed his second blue bastard I took the bow