pete smith st croix rods Staff Pick Streamer – Bighorn Angler The Best Rod Action For

So a wimpy action rod will make it a lot tougher

It performs well for vertical jigging, throwing lures and poppers, live-lining bait, and just about everything in between

Before we move on from the rotor, the "RES II Rotor Equalizing System" is a rotor that's balanced by mass distribution instead of the prehistoric piece of lead you see stuck somewhere on the rotor in older spinning reels, so it's nothing new or evolutionary

there will be a G Loomis rod to match

At times I paired it with a top-of-the-line spinning reel, and while they may have been mismatched in terms of price tags (this rod clocks in at under a hundred bucks), they nevertheless felt like they belonged together

The top side of each guide foot is sanded to allow a smooth transition for the thread winding to track onto the foot