bait-casting rod

The 485-yard, Par 4 hole is a favorite of Toms, who keeps a bait-casting rod in his cart during practice rounds.

With a 3-ounce bait-casting rod and a small bait-casting reel which held 85 yards of No. 6-thread linen line�about the same tackle appropriate to sporty bass fishing�loa-lb.

With a 5�-ft. bait-casting rod and a line with a nine-hook plug, he hooked the sock and jerked it from the string on three out of five tries.