best st croix jigging rod St. SEIS73M Rogue V Boat Spinning giving anglers the confidence to handle anything. St. Croix GXR Bass Spinning

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Note You might read of some anglers saying the reel drag should be set to slip at 20% or 25% of the breaking strength of the line when the rod is bent at a 90% angle (as if playing a big fish)

Both are shown in the BM image: BM/Big number 124882 Photo: Don Hitchcock 2015 Source: Original, British Museum Text: Card with the display at the British Museum, Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Reign of King Ashurbanipal, 669 BC - 631 BC Wall panel, relief Circa 645 BC - 635 BC, Niniveh, North Palace, Room S

I picked-up a Daiwa DXS, 8'6" XH with an extra fast action for $70 to use as a light tackle surf rod and like it so much I'm holding it for salmon instead of the surf