3 4 fly reel Redington Ace The signature numbered One Revolution Drag Knob ensures your settings are precise Silvertip II 3/4 Fly Fishing

Small case size makes this an easy kit to keep in your tackle or boat

Pros Magnesium alloy monocoque body, seriously light and strong ATD Type-L drag built for fine lines Float-only sizing from waggler work to long trotting Cons By a distance the dearest reel here Far more reel than most float anglers need TDM has always been the range where Daiwa slide features down from reels sitting higher in the line-up, and the 25 does it again: Airdrive Design, a drop in weight and a bump in bearing count over the reel it replaces

Ugly Stik Tiger One-Piece Heavy Action 7 foot rod I'm yet to get a 50 pounder on this rod, but my charters have caught bass up to 46 pounds on it

It replaced Cross Ledge Light, now in ruins several miles to the northeast (Site 17)

As I only had one spare powerhead at that time, I used an empty hang-on-back filter to create more flow