Components such as drag material, gearing, and frame material were critical
Any fishing reel, be it a conventional reel or a fixed spool reel, will be the most complex mechanical item - and likely the most expensive one - in your tackle box
Casting (Delay Series) MIKECW64-5 Twitching Rod: 64 Medium, 60% Backbone/40% Tip MIKECW66-6 Deflection Rod: 66 Medium Heavy, 60% Backbone/40% Tip MIKECW70-5 All Purpose Delay: 7 Medium, 50% Backbone/50% Tip MIKECW73-5 Plug and Lipless Special: 73 Medium, 50% Backbone/50% Tip MIKECW710-6 Long Cast Delay: 710 Medium Heavy, 60% Backbone/40% Tip MIKECW68-5 Twitchin/Topwater: 6'8" Medium
Again, back then there was no drag, so anglers used thumb pressure on the spool to slow hard-running fish, and as a level-wind mechanism had yet to be invented, the thumb had to spread the line, too
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