spinning reel

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You don’t need any high-tech gear to catch them, and usually a light salmon fishing rod with a spinning reel using 6- to 10-pound test line will get the job done.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2013

A medium-sized spinning reel holding more than 100 yards of 6-pound test fishing line is ideal.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2013

"It was quite a fight and took me about 25 minutes to land it with a very underpowered spinning reel," MacKenzie said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2011

Make no mistake, this new breed of spinning reel is nothing like those your father�or I�once used.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then I clamped down on the spool of the spinning reel and backed up until the line snapped.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen