eagle claw black eagle fly reel Inline Ice Reels spanning both fresh and saltwater fishing. Eagle Claw /Wright & McGill

Add in the erratic movement of the lure that is inherent with paddling a kayak and you have yourself a combination that makes the fish go wild

I admit Im biased as two of my biggest bass this year have come on this rod on big hard swimbaits

For another take on keeping your gear dry, the BattlBox 30L Dry Bag is a useful example

Its a technique I probably dont use enough, but in the right places it can be frigging deadly - and with a big thanks as ever here to a very good bass angler from Portugal who opened my eyes up to deliberately fishing the Fiiish Black Minnow or equivalent paddletail rigged weedless along the (rocky) bottom over shallow to shallowish reefs

So Cadis are coming out early April

I always have a few reels with me on a trip as backup, and it feels good knowing at least one of them cant burn up