Surviving examples from this period have become collector's items, both for their craftsmanship and for what they reveal about how angling was practiced before industrialization
This style reel normally connects to the bow using the AMO sight bushings
According to biologists, however, not all crappies spawn at the same time, and each crappie doesnt drop all her eggs the first time she moves to the bank
Once the far back bays are filled with spawners, then I move out to main lake spots to again target prespawn largemouths that in another week or so will spawn along main lake shorelines
If you leave fishing line too long in your reel without changing it, stress cracks from fighting fish or general abrasion that happens over time will leave the line weaker or compromised
I tend to use around 6 and the bait is a trimmed pop-up attached via a hair and a simple knotless knot