st croix legend casting rod St. LXTC70HF X2 Born from the combination of the worlds best rod engineering and construction from most advanced materials and processes St. Croix Legend Xtreme Casting

Automatic fly reels have a well-deserved reputation as being temperamental, awkward to use at times and make it needlessly difficult to change spools (say, to go from floating fly line on one spool to sinking fly line on the other spool)

Remove the line and backing from the reel

Yes there is a little wrench you can use to tighten/loosen the guide bar, but it is not something I will carry on the ice with me, and again I found that the line guide loosened forcing my to hand tighten which in turn tightened my drag

The long EVA fighting foregrip has a new shape, which delivers a comfortable grip even with wet hands, and the guides, whether fixed or roller, are from Pacific Bay

The front drag wasnt quite as smooth as the other two models we tested, although it was indexed to allow pre-set gradual changes

Hook through the lips or the tail for longest survival