And we mean slight: most of the load rides comfortably on a fat lumbar pad and smartly contoured hipbelt that locks onto your pelvic bones, courtesy of a pair of well-designed concave pads
The other possibility is that there remains too much slack in the line
Burbot, at least in our experience, rarely run hard when hooked and therefore your standard ice fishing rod or simple spool of line matched to the size of fish in your area will suffice
Henderson from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Alberta, Canada
Cosmetically, our Classic Drift would look right at home on any heirloom fiberglass or bamboo fly rod, but due to its honest features, is perfectly compatible with today's graphite fly rods
The reel's compact design makes it easy to handle, yet it packs enough power to take on the biggest fish in the ocean