j-braid x8 braided fishing line DAIWA Expedition X8E, 0.06mm, 5.2kg/11.5lbs, 330yds, Smash Orange, : Sports & Outdoors Every fishing warrior knows that supreme line management is critical for longer casts with less knots Daiwa J-Braid 8 Braid 150m

In the late 70's while fishing under the famed Montauk Point Lighthouse for striped bass, we used 15-pound test pink Ande monofilament line

The tournament quality bass tend to come from outside of the bay, in deeper water

A bold statement I know, but this Penn Conflict Elite 9 7-38g lure rod is something else (review here) - perfection in tension which I know makes no sense when written down, but it makes all the sense in the world to me when I am fishing with this rod as indeed I was last night

My notions about swinging surface patterns for both trout and steelhead have often been inspired by caddisflies, especially the big October Caddis, which I always associate with fall f ishing for summer steelhead