shimano compre muskie rod 8 heavy specs K, CPCM90HTK and control over big fish near the boat SHIMANO Compre Muskie Baitcasting Rod

Some of the important reel design features that first appear in American reels during this period include: Jeweled bearings and bushings at pivot points in reels to facilitate smoother and longer cast (designed apparently independently by Snyder or his sons in Kentucky and John Conroy in New York, between the 1820s and 1850s) Disengaging the crank from the spool during casting (free spool) to facilitate smoother and longer casts (John Conroy, during the 1830s) Adjustable spool brake (John Conroy, during the 1840s) A lightweight, well-ventilated reel designed to facilitate line preservation (William Billinghurst, from Rochester, New York, in 1859) Plated reels to protect against corrosion (multiple New York reel makers prior to 1860)

Thoroughly impressed

Bringing a knife to a gun fight

If you locked up the old curado to flip 25lb test it wasnt going to play the line out very smoothly

The rod follows through smoothly and delivers the fly exactly where the stroke intends, right to the point of entry