The one MH spinning rod I have is a Daiwa Tatula dedicated to larger shaky heads in deeper water and it works well: like to keep my left hand on the line to feel what's going on and a spinning rod makes this easy in my opinion.
A longnose gar is more like a Cajun pickerel or pike. 😉
The real Cajun muskie is the alligator gar...tried to land one once that was all of four+ feet on 10# line and a spinning rod. Had the bright idea of trapping it between my boat and the shore of the bayou so I could save my crankbait. As soon as it was in shallow water it began flopping furiously and broke the line. 😳
Wow. 😳 That rod definitely needed at least one (probably more) extra guides. If the line merely touches the blank it will reduce casting distance: never seen it that bad. Poor cost-cutting build by the manufacturer.
Tiny zip ties work well for me. Cut them off with side cutters once I have wrapped enough thread to hold the guide in place. If needed, I also will put a wrap of thin masking tape behind the guide ring on small single footers so they don't move backwards while wrapping.
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