circular logo fly reel Hatch Custom Bat Iconic Large Arbor Reel 4 Plus cut through the white ceramic Blue Halo Fly Rods Circle

Even with braid ready spinning reels, theres a good chance that your braid could slip if you have a big fish on, which could lead to the fish easily spooling you

Aside from some minor mounting marks on the foot I see no evidence the reel was ever fished

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These do come at a pretty high price, but they more than makeup for this in their levels of quality and durability

While tough and precise, these guides tended to make it a bit harder to cast with fishing lines with high memory coils

If you have a bunch of barbed hooks and want to make them barbless, you can use a pair of pliers to flatten the barb