bear fishing reel Orvis Vortex 7/8 spooled with 150 lb 🏹Vintage Fred Bear, Bear Archery

C3 Catfish Special Round From the C3 round reel platform, the Ambassadeur Catfish Special fishing reel provides anglers a custom-designed package with demonstrated parts created explicitly for catfish fishing

But I love it for fishing dry flies in spring creeks

A deeply ribbed belly section adds bulk and vibration, and a forked, two-lobed tail that is oriented like a real minnows tail, moves steadily when the Slab HuntR comes through the water

Come colder weather, Ill probably peal the braid and go back to a jerkbait

Stick to natural colors, and fish the bait around rocky shorelines and deep points, or on main-lake humps where pre-spawners might group

I 've owned quite a few Zeb co reels over the last 40 years and they are an affordable