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You can cast with an open-faced bait cast reel you just need to set the reel up correctly and spend a little time practicing

I met Simon Shimomura in 1995 at the Houston Tx

For some reason I neglected to sell its booklet at the same time, mainly because I had forgotten I had it, so here it is