I'm sure he's had a helping or two of fish and brewis(brews)and/or a half bucket of capelin! by now. Love that stuff!!!!.
Hope he tries the moose pie and the bottled rabbit. hmmmmmmm!
Been using a canean on a 6' daiwa IM7 MH rod. Super combo,and that reel casts a mile. About $100 for the reel new with the shimano VBS. I use two bait casters, but this one is my main one. Good luck on your search!.
I have also seen many silver salmon caught recently. Even if it took them a day or week to get where I was,they were still a nice clean color. How does that work then?.