Exactly! but what the picture doesn't show is how much line made it to the water. I was having a ton of trouble with my line grabbing every rock it could find at my feet! There were also no trout on this short trip, just a mess of whitefish. i fished for about 20 minutes and had a dozen of more boats pass me on the river, luckily it was easy for me to get out of the instant downpour that interrupted the fishing. I don't think the drifters had it so easy!