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With its 15-pound max drag, synchronized level wind system and Duragear 2 gear system, the C4 is always up to the challenge

you will note that the pin to the left of the spring is taller than the pin to the right

But those midrange rods outperform the best sticks of a generation ago

Always a pre-production sample before mass production

In the end, the best baitcasting combos performed as well as separately purchasing the rod and reel

at the time and stood on the Spring Creek bridge looking on as Howell sealed the deal on the final day of that Classic, with a 7-foot medium light Daiwa Tatula cranking rod in his hands