For crying out loud people, open spool spinning reels are held with the reel facing down, toward the ground. When the spool is up, as in this movie, the fisherperson has to crank the reel backwards, an it's an awkward movement, as in the movie.
When they are in the French restaurant in Chicago, Mike lets out the hugest belch. It is a very fancy location. When he makes that noticeable sound, no one at the table even reacts at all, nor does anyone in the restaurant. It appears that the editor forgot to take it out because it is so loud and very distracting and doesn't have any logical reason to be part of the scene.
The surname of the husband/wife proprietors of the wilderness business, as shown by the envelope addressed to them by Charlotte, is Abbott. In the end credits, it is listed as Abbot.