Usually a baitcasting travel rod makes sense for bass, or big fish like walleye, pike, musky, stripers, etc
If you worry about your royal icing sinking as it dries you can pipe a few support lines before you use your flood icing
I use medium-spin tackle for all my bonito outings a 5-8kg, seven-foot spin stick, 4000 size reel, 15-20lb braid and a 20-30lb leader
The weight was distributed between three of us now, and it was so heavy I could feel the strain in my arms
STANDARD EXPRESS MODEL INCLUDES: 2 CLOSED rod holders for any size spinning or fly fishing rod & reel 1 OPEN rod holders for baitcast and offshore conventional reels up to 50W *Spinning rods can fit in open rod holders and conventional rods can still fit in closed rod holders
The demand for barbless hooks, however, is still probably less than 5 percent of the entire fly hook market