Plenty advice on which rod to buy already so I will leave that alone.I fished long sticks for years though and will recomend the lightest you can afford.They are a blast to fish with and definately open up some new water to the banky.But they will add a new pain level to a day on the river.
I used to joke that if my back hurt that bad at work I would not go to work
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With the population ballooning out of control, there
are bound to be more and more fishermen clogging up our rivers. All of
these fishermen have one thing in common: They come to the Olympic
Peninsula seeking solitude.”
Pat Neal