It's good practice if you are fighting a good fish in heavy water especially if you only have a 1 tip rod and fish it a lot. Rods with 2 tips allow the angler to rest one to allow the stresses to relax and stabilize. It's not necessary for fish that don't really tax the rod. Regards.........

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