I am new at this fishing stuff. I bought an Ugly Stick ok.. What is the small eye near the handle for. Do I string my line through that eye or not?
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I am new at this fishing stuff. I bought an Ugly Stick ok.. What is the small eye near the handle for. Do I string my line thro
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All of the above are right, and it's something all rods should have!! Rather than hooking your lure/swivel to one of the existing eyes, keep it safe there. All (or at least most) fly rods have them, more spinning rods should follow suit. Congrats on your Ugly Stik, I have a few of different weights and they all serve me very well.
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Some rod makers add these hook loops for us to attach our lures or hooks so we do not attach them to the rod guides, posibly damaging the guides. Most sporting good stores sell slip on hook loops that can be slipped over the rod and brought up just above where the reel seat is. If you're adventurous, you can cut V's into the center of both ends of a shoebox, buy some string that matches the string that have been wrapped on your rod guides, clear fingernail polish and some bent peices of wire. Use the shoe box v's to cradle the rod while you wrap the string on both ends of the wire, try to mathc the amount of wraps that have been put on the guides, tie a coouple of half hitches then coat with a couple coats of nailpolish to finish.
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