herschel backpack with flowers Little America Summer Floral Black | The backpack offers plenty of space and has Herschel Backpack Floral | eBay

IMX-PRO blanks are optimally designed to fish specific techniques thanks to proprietary multi-taper technology

Tubes remain extremely popular in American tournament fishing but remain a rarity here in southern Africa

Vandeborre uses them often in his Lake Pontchartrain fishing, but laughingly admitted one of their biggest drawbacks is that limits can be reached too quickly

Fishing tight grass lines, sawgrass edges, shallow potholes, oyster edges, or underneath tree overhangs, the reels rigid aluminum frame gives you plenty of fighting power

If you're targeting larger species or using feeder tactics, a 4000-sized reel or larger will provide the necessary power and line capacity

Ill always go with a spinning rod for two reasons to make a longer cast and to save on wrist pain