abu garcia black max upgrades BOCA BEARING day fishing sessions Upgrading an Abu Garcia Black

2000-2010, with a series of books (Japanese) from Hiroyuki Motoyama, beginning with stream trout, and moving to bank/shore fishing for bass

This was the first time I had used this reel, and the very first fish I had caught on it

It truly comes down to personal preference

Then when commercial-fishery carp replaced river chub and roach as the quarry of populist choice many of these Reels were consigned to the tackle museum at the back of the shed, being sought only by collectors or die-hard river nuts

You can still miss bites, tie bad knots, and accidentally hook a tree like the rest of us, but at least the reel is not fighting you every cast