People from the Good Ride community want to know my perspective on boards like this, so I thought Id give it to you from a very limited perspective
The $400 to $700, price range is a place where you dont see much performance over the better budget rods, and still not the performance of the $1,000 rods

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It is made according to alpine spec and Salomon has had problems in the past with tech inserts for Dynafit bindings in the past
Its an afternoon bite They usually quit running water out of the dam around 6 p.m., so if I can get there around 2, maybe even earlier, I know Ill have some good action, he said
In stronger current, flattened no-roll sinkers work well, holding on bottom with their large surface area and weight, with a hold through the middle for line to slip