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One of the best is, of course, the most popular, the Haywire Twist , which would apply to steel wire and the knot would be the Albright, which has morphed into several variations but is still the Albright

Todays Zebco is a little sleeker and more rounded-off than the original model, which looked a bit like an old-fashioned pencil sharpener mounted on top of a fishing rod

The reels mentioned in this article are reels that I have used personally and have been tested in saltwater

All modern species also possess paws with five nonretractile claws, which come in handy when climbing trees or digging up roots while searching for food during hibernation season