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Alaskan Assassin
Mike, what makes it better than a good bait-caster and a long float rod? Or even a spinning reel and long float rod. I hear people say keeping line off the water but that is not true at all because as long as your float is getting a drag free drift you can have some line on the water. That is one of the big mistakes I see those who are new to float fishing do is try their best to keep line off the water, but all they are doing is affecting their presentation. The line seems to come off similar to a casting reel just in larger diameter. One big disadvantage I see is casting distance and efficiency. Let me know your thoughts.
the shotting link is great, i intend to apply many of the configurations. They make sense, but will most likely do so with a level wind until I get the hang of better pinkie control.
Old habits die hard...
after a spot of time to reflect perhaps I'll change my view to mearly two thumbs down for now...