I think we can all agree you can work with what you got...getting out and hunting is the most important aspect no matter what rig you run, even if its just eyehunting...cant find a damn thing indoors...
I will say in defense of the Pro, it is an amazing PRODUCER for a mid level rig in just about every disclipline of this sport! Relics, Totters, claddies, waterbabies, curbstrippers... No one can dispute the finds this rig has slung off since its intro...
It makes NO SENSE from a technical angle either...plenty of other single freaks out there running...Not a one has the actual in field Find Pedigree in so many subsets of this Sport as the Pro...It aint the Optimum rig in most cases, its got a whole lot of design flaws, awkward, and is a pantload, yet the damn thing simply flat performs! So...
We have this heavy black magnetized sand up here, and even though I've never had the Pro in the salt, I gotta think its similar to a salt environment...No rig except a multifreak even has a chance, BUT, a guy can hunt it if he knows what the deal is and the limitations are...
Nothing sounds as it should, not even a Q laying right on top...you are basically listening to any kind of background interruption...You will not find a damn thing if you expect to hear the traditional target signals....forget about looking at the TIDS...Run Iron Audio on...
I had this one big stupid dog once, Louie. A no account and all purpose farm mutt. He wasnt a specialist in any particular field, not particularly 'user friendly' or really 'good' at anything at all... But for no apparent reason, if you were not picky, the damn guy simply performed in field! He was ready to go no matter what the weather and was a pure opportunist!
That SOB could Hunt! He didnt care what it was either...A raccoon, opossum, skunk, deer, muskrats, woodchucks, the neighbors chickens, your church shoes, He even went into the water and snatched bluegills right off their beds! TRUE!.....He would chase down and kill anything not knowing his limitations...just for the hell of it he would hunt, catch and eat grasshoppers in season!...The Pro reminds me of him!...!