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In less demanding fisheries, such as the lower Willamette River, where only a few ounces of lead is needed and you dont have a hundred boats breathing down your neck, a medium-heavy power will fit the bill nicely

The great day is when your rod is all done and you take it off the rack, and pop your reel on there, now its official

(You wont find these components in our runner-up pick, the Penn Battle IV.) The drag or thrust disc has a rubber seal mounted to it, and according to expert spinning-reel reviewer Alan Hawk, its constructed of the same polymer that makes up the discs of the Penn Slammer IV (which usually costs upwards of $300)

Then you see a current seam or a shallow laydown and suddenly you are experimenting like a raccoon with thumbs

Some of the lures we'll mention may be familiar to you, others not