If you’re going to own only one fishing rod and reel, a spinning-rod-and-reel setup is the most versatile and the easiest to use. Compared with a baitcasting or fly-fishing setup, for example ...

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A graphite/fiberglass SLC2 rod blank is standard with Fuji K guides and a machined aluminum reel seat locking things down. As if all that wasn’t enough, this rod is available in a variety of ...

County commissioner George Kruse posted a split image of Anna Maria Island’s iconic Rod and Reel Pier restaurant from post-Hurricane Helene to Hurricane Milton wiping out what was left on ...

The Gorilla GRS-175H is easy to reel and roll around the yard. It comfortably holds 150- feet of rubber hose and is far better, in every way, than any inexpensive reel we’ve tried. The Eley hose ...

For one Anna Maria Island landmark, the one-two punch of these storms was too much. The Rod & Reel Pier, located just off ...

The Bling is a “high-energy” pole dancing fitness studio, not a “strip club in a strip mall,” although some people had to be convinced, said owner Taylor Franklin, 32. The business opened ...

Pole vault is a track and field event in which athletes attempt to clear a horizontal bar by sprinting down a runway and using a pole to catapult themselves into the air. The athlete who clears the ...

For decades, the Rod & Reel Pier and restaurant at the northern tip of Anna Maria Island withstood it all. Hurricanes. Lightning. Fire. The waves of saltwater and the passage of time. Then ...

It was a survivor, until Mother Nature whipped up just a bit more than it could handle. For decades, the Rod & Reel Pier and restaurant at the northern tip of Anna Maria Island withstood it all.