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Now with a medium-sized outfit, say, a 4-pound test line and -ounce lure to fo with your middle-weight reel, your all-purpose rod may well be a 7-7 - footer of 4 ounces, with fairly stiff action. But yet, you may wish to do most of your spinning on an open lake where and extra 15 feet may be the big-fish getting factor. Then, instead of a 7 -foot job you might want an 8-foot rod, or even go to 9 feet with a 5-ounce rod. (If you're and old-time spinman, don't smile indulgently at the rod's length. You'd be amazed, perhaps at how far such a rod will cast with the same effort, tradition notwithstanding.) but should the lake contain lily pads, you'd perhaps want a stronger, slightly shorter rod with more backbone, perhaps only 7 feet. Should you be a soft-live-bait specialist, you might want a fairly long rod, really, which would permit you to toss out a night crawler on a salmon-egg cluster without tearing. Finally, let's consider the variations confronting the heavier-tackle spinman. In the salt-water class, with a heavier reel, he may wish a 9- or even 9 foot rod from 5 to 6 ounces. Perhaps even a two-handed, 10-foot rod of 8 ounces or better. The latter weight is satisfactory particularly where barnacles or sharp rocks necessitate a heavier line, although this too may be modified by using a heavier 20-foot long leader ahead of the lighter line.
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