You can shop by line weight or by the fish you seek to pursue: Trout, Salmon/Steelhead, Striped Bass/Albie, Redfish/Bonefish, Bass/Carp/Pike, or Tarpon/Permit/Billfish
When on a walleye charter, these are lures that must be used with live bait
A slow action rod feels softer and more noodly because it flexes closer to the butt of the rod
In good condition, rod is straight with a nice ferrule fit, dark cane is gorgeous and could be easily brought back to original with a little buffing, wraps in great shape but butt wrap appears to be factory re-wrapped as it is lighter in color, grip soiling
The commercial mentioned he blanked as well until late afternoon, then caught fish in 20 foot of water off the deeper drop offs Im sure he waked me several times yesterday as the V8 crowd was quite restless
Ive used them from ice-out until Winter was setting in again, in water temperatures from the low 40 degree range up into the high 80s