st croix fly rod 7 wt St. Connect 9'0" hard chrome snake guides St. Croix Legend Elite Fly

Originally sold as the Dowagiac Casting Bait, Heddon eventually shortened the name of the blue and white lure to the Dowagiac Expert. Very few copies of this lure survive to this day, and fewer still in good condition

Possibly as a result, most people climb only as far as the small porch of tundra halfway up the ridgea vantage point from which they can look south down the Little Susitna River to the broad Palmer-Wasilla flats

In contrast to the baits already mentioned in this article, fishing a Texas-rigged soft plastic does require some added concentration

The rod never needs to be charged, has a 2 year battery life, and can operate outside of cellular service areas