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With a sturdy rod like the Silstar 601 and a strong line you can jig to your hearts content and when a fish hits the lure you can set the hooks with positive power before leaning back and enjoying the fight and believe me, a metery barra at depth in strong currents will give you that and more, while ripping a snagged lure from an obstruction is easy

Even the presence of a fly reel impacts the way you use your fly rod quite a bit

Anglers from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest and Florida up through Canada are vertical jigging cod, rockfish, baitfish, smelt, croaker and various similar fish on these jigs

A weighted float provides extra casting weight for fishing in the wind and for making longer and more accurate casts with light offerings and can be used to deliver very light offerings, like flies, that otherwise could not be cast with a spinning or spincasting rod

That might not sound like a big deal, but it totally changes the game