berkley cherrywood hd casting fishing rods Berkley® Cherrywood® Spinning : Spincasting : Sports & Outdoors matched sensitivity Lightweight stainless steel guides and inserts Cork handles for added comfort and grip. Berkley Cherrywood HD Casting Rod

If you live down South, you might want to go with a shad-style bait

The cheapest retail prices for this reel are available on Aliexpress: Up to $200 (Ultralight Bass Fishing Reel) While the Dark Wolf Ultra still wins out for casting down to 1-g (unless you get an aftermarket spool), the build quality and casting performance offered by Shimano in their Curado BFS is fantastic for bass fishing applications and larger lures over 2.5g

reel slowly this forces tag ends outward

The result is a debris trap that holds sunken limbs and timber, making a network of cover the bass use as protection

I love its clutch, but don't like the silence of the anti-reverse

Then in 2023 I spotted a '77X...and then another in 2024...oh dear