Here's an observation I've picked up over five decades fishing the Virginia coast: spinning reels and saltwater do not mix. The spinning reel's moving metal parts, combined with saltwater's corrosive minerals, are Fishing in Pandaria Early 1900s Horton Telescopic Fishing Pole Chairish Shimano Bantam A Casting Reels 6.2:1 Left Ugly Stik GX2 Casting Rod Is the Okuma Ceymar a good as they say? : r Fishing_Gear