This is actually looking pretty easy and affordable with okay quality components - not what I was expecting. Still a bunch of nit-pincky details to decypher, but it isn't too bad. Am sure it gets very expensive with the uber top end stuff. Blanks on the other hand, are what they are.

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When we first started together, our fishing was more of a modest trip and we were using spinning gear. Our local stream on the first few weekends of opening day, take a few...

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