But since he has it, I think he's in his rights if he fishes with it.

I dinna care.

In the first place he will only scare the Bass away from him with the racket that reel will make, and in the second, if he tries to land it with that thing, he will smash it, and lose the fish.

There's a longhandled net to land things with that goes with those rods.

He'd better sent ye one.