ugly stik 9ft rod Inshore Select Spinning and eye Shakespeare Ugly Stik Gx2 Spinning

Despite their reputation and history of innovation, they're ultimately objects built by humans who in my opinion occasionally get things wrong, sometimes quite horrifically so

I have had quite a lot of barbel over the last 20yrs, best session was 43 barbel one afternoon all being between 5 and 10lb, I was lucky enough to catch 398 barbel that season, all bar 27 were caught on the float

The 12ft Shimano BF-R Spinning Surf Rod is designed to handle a line weight of 10-15kg, making it perfect for targeting larger fish species

Gentle finning wins

But if you like crispy salmon fillets, you can certainly use salmon

Given I use a relatively small number of fly lines (Rio Outbound both short and regular) and line weights for saltwater, I use different color backing for different weight lines