While its true that, in the past , the connection joint of 2 piece rods used to be pretty bad
Youngs rod
One Off-shore pump can connect 20 boilers to 40 steam engines in the most optimal fashion
Luckily, there are many ways to catch your own bait, and your local tackle shop will have the following tools, nets, traps, and rigs to accomplish this: Cast Nets : Cast nets are great for catching mullet, menhaden, croakers, sardines, shrimp, and many other bait types
To my knowledge, JT Outdoors uses a Batson carbon fiber blank, which will let your hand know everything going on down below given the reel seat design and direct contact to the blank