st croix 7ft casting rod St. Bass X and combinations of both materials were rolled into the mandrels to create this new SCIII+ blank St. Croix Bass X Casting

Lightweight and responsive, it telegraphs bites from extreme depths while handling heavy fish with authority

The difference in feel between an entry-level rod priced at, say $50, and a mid-range rod priced at $150 will be larger than the difference between a mid-range rod at $150 and a premium, custom rod at, say, $500

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Its hard to fish flies on the surface with a regular spinning rod, but you could try with split-shot and a floating fly

These are just basic bronze hooks, but they hook and hold

This material has many advantages: due to its porosity, it is light and poorly conducts heat (warms the hand in the cold), at the same time it does not get wet, and cork handles look quite elegant