okuma carbon rods SST Series Grip Casting – Coyote Bait & Tackle The SST a Carbon Grip Rods is built for Salmon fishing Okuma EVX-B Series Musky Rods

The wire spring on the drive gear (red arrow) goes into the stainless steel dog (blue arrow), and if the gear begins turning backwards the dog would come down and engage the stainless steel ratchet (green arrow) mounted on the pinion to let you fish normally until the clutch works or gets repaired, or you can just ignore the clutch and continue fishing forever with this ratchet anti-reverse if you like

silvers commonly from 10 to 15 pounds

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All rod cases come with padded shoulder straps, web handles, padded reel sections, and internal multi-pocketed nylon socks

Up-traces can be important to prevent a pike biting through the main reel-line if your rig lands in the water with the terminal trace crossed over the main line, then it is possible for the pike to bite through the line when it picks up the bait