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Most notably, Howell collaborates with Livingston Lures on the design of its hard bait lineup of topwaters, jerkbaits and crankbaits that include his Classic winning Howeller DMC and the related series seen here

Image by Joe Balog CIRCLE Common use: All inshore species, catfish

Not a huge bruiser, but still a decent and fun fish that was large enough to let the drag do its thing on a couple of good runs

The one issue with this reel is that while it has some of the best drag mechanisms inside of it, the drag and spool knobs that you have to use on a daily basis do feel a bit wobbly and cheap

It is possible that this historical right hand wind bias may be a relic of the use of very long, two handed rods even for relatively light tackle trout fishing, a practise that faded with shorter, lighter rods and the growing fashion for dry fly fishing and a more recognisably modern style of casting, - something that I hope to be able to explore in the Rods section of the site.