Darren.
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I had one inexplicable breakoff with Yozuri Hybrid 10# as leader about 10 years ago. Scared me off it for a while, but I've been back for a number of years. That said. I bought some clearance hooks at Walmart - Daiichi. I lost several hooks when fishing. One day, as I was tying on a snell to a worm hook I broke the line as I tightened/tested it. Did it twice and on the third time I paid closer attention. Broke again. But this time I ran my fingers along the hook eye and found it was rough and a snell was rubbing on it. I lost all confidence in the hooks, went back to Gamakatsu and no probs since. That said, I believe a NON-snell knot would have been fine. And as intimated above, the entire package: line, rod/rod rating, reel, drag, all contribute to the experience. If drag is too tight when using lighter line, boom. Disaster.
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Fishing from a kayak, long casts, as defined by @WRB are not as big a concern to me. Not that I don't do long casts (shoreline), or trolling with the yak. Also using shorter rods from 5'9" to 6'6" as I do, long casts are not so much in the arsenal. As mentioned by @A-Jay and others, I will cast as long as I need (or can) to.
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Big fan here. Stradics FI, FJ, FK, CI4+ for spinning, Chronarch 50e for casting. I do spinning mostly, obviously. Also have Spirex, Sedona reels. All good. In fairness, I'm also a fan of Daiwa, but I haven't bought any of the recent LT models (and probably won't for the foreseeable future)....
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Welcome aboard! Spinning/Braid: PowerPro Yellow #10, PowerPro SS8 #15 Casting/Braid: PowerPro Yellow #20 Leaders on all: 6, 8, 10# Yo Zuri Hybrid or Gamma Edge Fluoro
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Welcome aboard, Steve!
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Yes. Please answer the budget question, would tip the suggestions by a large margin . Personally: Rod: 6' (max 6'6") M or ML spinning rod. Probably St. Croix Premier (ML). Reel: 1000 size Shimano Stradic CI4+, would def consider Daiwa equivalent. Line: 10 or 15# braid (PP Super Slick 8) Leader: 6-10 pound test fluoro or hybrid
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So was it the type of smack that NFL players give each other, or is there a "fisherman's smack" the rest of us need to know about?
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Welcome aboard, Joe!
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Welcome aboard!
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Welcome aboard, Eric!
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Welcome aboard!
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Looks like Facebook was stuck in the clipboard buffer!
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Welcome aboard!
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Never been in your position; however, depending on the kayak, you should easily be able to fit it in the spare spot easily. I'd think a boat trailer would be too long to fit? Inflatables are always a choice, as suggests @greentrout. Assume security of said boat/kayak is not going to be an issue stored there?
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Welcome aboard, Luc!
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Excellent catches! Nicely done
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I haven't had "great" success with worms in the red spectrum as far as fully colored. Where I *have* had success is with red flakes in the worms - i.e., watermelon red flake. I use that color in a variety of soft plastics. Good stuff, IMO.
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