“If your rod weighs six ounces, your reel nine, and your line another ounce or two, it means that you are holding a pound of weight in your casting hand – much of the time at arm’s length – all the time you fish. Try carrying a pound of butter around that way for four or five hours.”

“If your rod weighs six ounces, your reel nine, and your line another ounce or two, it means that you are holding a pound of weight in your casting hand – much of the time at arm’s length – all the time you fish. Try carrying a pound of butter around that way for four or five hours.”

— Ted Trueblood