The longer rod will certainly help you overcome the drag issue.

But be prepared to learn how to fight and beach fish in a different way with the longer stick.

If you haven't subscribed to the discipline of keeping that rod tip low and to the side during the battle, fishing with the extra long rod will certainly hammer the point home.
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"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


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