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Bass and sunfish don't tend to be really shy of the fly line, so long leaders are not necessary

During the past few years, our family started spending more time in Maui where I fell in love with the Big Blue, free diving (or apnea diving on one breath) and underwater photography

Note that it is not recommended to store the reel with either the "strong click" or complete freespool engaged for long periods of time as it will put strain on the spring, potentially weakening it over time

When writing this story I did a bit of measuring on a couple of my reels to suit around a 5 weight fly line