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REELCONSIDERATION CHOOSING LURE FISHING REELS AND LINES

As we have already discovered, lure fishing is so exciting largely due to the simple fact that you are always doing something. But it’s that constantly doing something which is also so hard on your lure fishing tackle. It’s not the size of the fish we might catch on lures that is putting so much strain on our gear; It’s the style of fishing. Think about a typical lure fishing session. Think about how many times you might open the bale arm on your reel, cast, snap the bale arm back over, and then turn the reel handle continuously as you retrieve your lure. Think about how much the reel is actually being used by doing all this, plus it can get covered by saltwater from time to time which we all know is extremely corrosive for any mechanical item with moving parts.

CONSIDERATIONS

There are any number of spinning

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