In article , Peter Charles
wrote:

I should also mention that two-handers are getting wider use for
overhead casting on the coast.

It never occurred to me that two-handed rods are a gimmick. I've used
them since I was tiny. I agree with the late Hugh Falkus (I quote from
memory) "the mystery is not how Americans fish for salmon with a
single-handed rod, but why".

Lazarus

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