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While that does not remove the need to practice, it does make the overall package feel more useful

Reel features: - 5 Performance Ball Bearings - Reinforced Composite Frame - Multi-material drag system - Magnet Control braking system - Arrowhead casting line guide system Rod features: - Aluminum handle - Japanese PVG30T Blank Construction - Evolve Stainless Steel Guides with Aluminum Oxide Inserts - Evolve Snagless Hook Keeper - Split Grip Design Premium Japanese EVA - Evolve Skeleton Reel Seat - Evolve Custom Carbon Nut - 1 Year Limited Warranty

This is another long-casting bait that can pull triple duty as a go-to bait for inshore, nearshore, and even offshore fishing

Ake Murvals private notebook from the Ambassadeur 5000 project states this about the color test reels (I prefer to call them the Record Ambassadeur 5000 Type 1 - "First model made in several colors, not for public sale and prior to January 1952): They are all made in 1951 between May and October (5 reels made in May, one each color 60 reels made in November/October, 20 in red, green and black)