ande premium mono fishing line Monofilament Leader All the products within the Premium grade have excellent tensile and knot strength and are all very abrasion resistant Ande Premium Monofilament

Braid, having zero stretch allows you to "feel" exactly what you're fishing over, especially important if you're only fishing a small spot or casting to showing fish and fishing for a "drop." If you're new to fishing, we would definitely advise using a mono, as braid is far less user friendly

I write down little notes for every trip

And Luke, that was an appropriate use of the word malleable, aka pliable

Loomis folks announced the introduction of a new line of saltwater rods, the IMX-Pro Blue Series, I took notice

The original lures had no eyes

The brake technology of Shimano is impressive with they call VBS, which is a centrifugal style that uses weights to create drag on the spool