best all around baitcaster rod Dreamcatcher Carbonite 6'6" 30T Carbon – Medium & Medium Heavy Baitcasting affordable option with ascetically pleasing graphics that will make you proud to be using this pole when you re on the water High quality for a low price is what you get with the LIT Casting reel Sublime Baitcaster Rod Combo –

On baitcasting rods youll be looking for line guides with decreasing size the further they are from the reel seat

Re-install the Star Drag: If you removed the star drag, slide it back onto the drive shaft, making sure any clicker washers are in their correct positions

[Get a bite doing something] it'll stick with you a long time." I reassured him that we're all hard-headed...and have ADD...and many of us also have OCD (I mean C-D-O!)

Here's a view of some of the hardware: A nice closeup of the removable buttcap: The amboena extension butt was fun to make, and I built it so that there was a slight recess in the wood to prevent the cap from being scratched while in use