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Anglers also love spinning reels for casting live bait, especially when fly-lining sardines or anchovies for yellowtail, bonito, or even yellowfin tuna

This can add 10 to 20 feet to your cast and enables skip-casting under docks or boats

Mark Strand MidWest Outdoors editorial director Mark Strand is a graduate of University of Minnesota School of Journalism with a minor in Fisheries & Wildlife Science

To give the braid something to firmly grip onto, wrap the spool with a few yards of monofilament backing or a piece of electrical tape before loading the braid

The new ATD drag system is super-smooth and highly efficient, from the initial strike all the way through to landing a fish