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<blockquote data-quote="Norske" data-source="post: 25281" data-attributes="member: 409"><p>Okay, here's what I've learned to prefer over the years. Al Lindner was right when he wrote that spinning gear is best for fishing under yourself (jigging) and bait casting gear is best for fishing horizontally. Don't buy a high-modulus graphite rod. Buy a more durable one, maybe even an Ugly Stick. I have rods that made nasty cracking sounds when I snagged something and my boat didn't stop immediately. One of these days they will break. A bait casting reel with a flipping switch is more convenient, but not absolutely needed. However, pick a reel whose level wind operates whenever line is going out (even free spooling) as well as during the retrieve. I have reels that don't do that, and after a couple hours of letting line out for depth and rewinding some of it for shallows, the line is visibly not level. Then I have to let out a bunch of line and rewind it all to level the spool (irritating).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Norske, post: 25281, member: 409"] Okay, here's what I've learned to prefer over the years. Al Lindner was right when he wrote that spinning gear is best for fishing under yourself (jigging) and bait casting gear is best for fishing horizontally. Don't buy a high-modulus graphite rod. Buy a more durable one, maybe even an Ugly Stick. I have rods that made nasty cracking sounds when I snagged something and my boat didn't stop immediately. One of these days they will break. A bait casting reel with a flipping switch is more convenient, but not absolutely needed. However, pick a reel whose level wind operates whenever line is going out (even free spooling) as well as during the retrieve. I have reels that don't do that, and after a couple hours of letting line out for depth and rewinding some of it for shallows, the line is visibly not level. Then I have to let out a bunch of line and rewind it all to level the spool (irritating). [/QUOTE]
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