Two accessories worth adding at checkout: Avet Reel Bags are the right long-term storage solution for a reel in this price range purpose-built for the Avet frame sizes and protective enough to keep the finish intact between trips
The smaller ones tend to be lighter and more skittish on the surface, while the larger ones, like the original Rebel P-70 Pop-R , are heavier, have more chug, and tend to stay put in one spot better
What I needed was a bigger fish but as luck would have it, I hooked and broke off the fish I needed (I should have retied)
This is my gracious host, Leroy Bertolero, showing me how to use a sharp hook as it was intended
Like the Carolina rig, the California rig allows the lizard to float above the bottom in plain sight of foraging bass