Last Tuesday, I enjoyed one of my favorite rites of spring as I hooked and landed 18 smallmouths from the Juniata River. Most of those fish averaged 14 to 16 inches, with the biggest on being a ...
One way to greatly increase the line capacity of an offshore reel is to use a backing of hollow-core braided line. Pound for pound, braid has a much thinner diameter than monofilament, so it’s ...
The IGFA has recently approved the use of braided line as backing in order to increase a reel’s line capacity. The IGFA rule book already included many different types of backing, but it required the ...