A QUALITY REEL SHOULD BE STRONG AND DEPENDABLE Looking at the second half of our criteria, we see that a quality reel is made up of strong components, assemble in such a way that the reel is easy to use
My staples the last few years have been jig and plastics and hand-tied jigs
General Size Guidelines 45 inches: Excellent for numbers and schooling fish 56 inches: Ideal when targeting larger stripers Bigger profiles: Useful when baitfish are larger in late fall and winter Oversized baits are rarely necessary realism matters more than size
Then, I used Maxscent products
Lets say I do choose to ignore quoted braid diameters and instead buy purely on breaking strains, how do I know what on earth is going on
For example, if you are throwing weightless worms, Ned rigs, drop shots, shaky heads, small swimbaits, finesse tubes, and light plastics, spinning gear usually makes more sense