Fishing Simpler With a Cuban Yoyo Hand Reel
I first saw a cuban yoyo hand reel being used on a sun-baked jetty in the Florida Keys, and honestly, I thought the guy was just messing around with a plastic toy. He was standing there with no rod, no fancy Shimano reel, and no carbon fiber anything. Just a circular plastic hoop and a big grin. Five minutes later, he hauled in a decent-sized snapper while the guys with the thousand-dollar setups were still fiddling with their drag settings. That's when it clicked for me—sometimes, the simplest way to do something is actually the most fun. ...