baitcasting shimano reels Corvalus Round Reels, CVL400 The Tranx combines power Shimano Citica Low-Profile Baitcast Reel

Your line has some stretch, your rod has some bend and then your drag should finally slip as a third layer of protection from breaking your line

With about an hour-and-a-half left, I caught two 4 1/2-pounders. Lane was in 30th place after two days, but hed made a key adjustment during the tournament after losing several really good fish. He was making long casts as far as he could throw the swimbait on a 3/8ths-ounce swim jighead on 12-pound test Stren fluorocarbon, so he switched from a 7-foot rod to a 7-3 rod and changed from a 6.4:1 retrieve baitcaster to a 7.1:1 retrieve

These weights glide through tangles that would destroy egg or bell sinkers

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Curly-tails, tubes, and minnow-shaped plastics tip each jig, and the rig is dragged across the silty bottom in slow pulls