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Once every few trips, have a machine oil bottle with a needle tip ready to go to hit those external bearings and bushings

That, alongside the tension under which it is wound on, ensures that the line sits perfectly on your reel and makes it easy to fill your spool to the right level to maximise casting distance

The frog bait is made up of a soft body with two hooks coming out of the back of the lure and wrapping around the top, with long, plastic stringers to replicate frog legs