st croix 8ft rods St. Connect Fly Rod (5wt, 6in) and traditional cork overlay handles Legend Surf

Following many complaints and a few videos that were posted by European anglers showing the issue, Shimano Europe issued this defensive statement The gist of this statement is as follows "There have been reports and videos from France and Spain of problems in the new Stella SW where the line would get out of the line roller, and following our investigation we found that this only happens with rods that has shorter distance between the reel and the first guide, therefore we recommend rods on which this distance is at least 37 centimetres to avoid the issue"

And though it has a little more stretch than braided line, it has far less than monofilament

* Tackle Equipment such as sharp fishing may be considered dangerous, such as large fishhooks, should be sheathed, securely wrapped, and will be accepted as checked baggage only

So we want a pond net that can handle that, sorry to say but light duty bird netting from the Big Box Store aint going to make it (I tried, I failed, dont you fail too)

I thought well if this is what you need to do to compete then Im not really very interested! But I soon came to learn 2 things