Tom Nelson told me the biggest drawback of the guideless rods is after they get some crap up in them from fishing and you try to rethread the rod it doesn't want to go through. Sounds like it could be a problem.
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Join the Puget Sound Anglers Sno-King Chapter. Meets second Thursday of every month at the SCS Center, 220 Railroad Ave. Edmonds, WA 98020 at 6:30pm Two buildings south of the Edmonds Ferry on the beach.