The bail is closed by slamming into a protrusion coming of the stem, just like in the good old days when little boys didn't have phones to watch porn on and girls didn't wear those horrible shorts that expose the lower portion of their butts
The purpose of this is to stop your bait from spinning in the water and causing line tangles, as well as to help hold your bait together
Rod holders must be back-plated and through-bolted to the gunnel to support reel weights of 22 to 23 pounds, plus the dynamic load of a fish
Realistic Baitfish Profile Mimics sand eels, peanuts, anchovies, and rain bait when predators get selective
As the blanks continue (stretch out) their diameters gradually get smaller and smaller
From that, many of us, myself included, are doing our damnest to keep the dream alive of chasing down topwater schools that are fattening up for the winter slumber