Sea Angler

AMERICAN STEEL

REVIEW

Most of us avid sea anglers have something in common regarding the kit we use. We must be able to trust it with the fish of a lifetime on the other end of our line. We know the “what if” feeling of a component or line parting and, just like a friendship or relationship, once the trust has been broken, we can never truly have faith in that product again.

I dread to think how many hours I have spent testing main lines, leaders, knots, swivels, hooks and God knows what so that I was satisfied with their pressure tolerances,

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