"A typical Jomon tool kit (Japan, 9,000 to 10,000 years ago), related to food-getting activities, included notched sinkers made of small stones or pottery sherds, perforated net floats of pumice, antler fishhooks and fish-spear points and flaked stone arrowpoints."---1982, C
Hook it underneath the spine to avoid paralyzing it
Inside the bait, a tungsten internal weight transfer system shifts during the cast to maximize distance and accuracy, then locks into position to keep the bait perfectly balanced during the retrieve
They move and they adjust
Sage's 12-weight is more general-purpose (handles permit, GT, tarpon) than the Scott's tarpon-specific tuning
During the second half of the 20th century, Japanese and Scandinavian reel makers such as Shimano, Daiwa, and ABU Garcia, previously all precision engineering manufacturers for biking equipment and watchmaking, began to make a name for themselves in the global tackle market