65 lb test braided fishing line Vicious Standard Blue Braid vis green making it less visible to fish and blending into most backgrounds and has a slick coating for effortless casting Reaction Tackle Braided Fishing Line

For more information on the right-sized steelhead leaders, check out my Leaders For Steelhead page

This DRT Tiny Klash was a key lure

Features a 4-bearing reel system

Both the CU50E and 51E have 6.4:1 gear ratios and will retrieve in 25-inches of line per crank

Throwing lures off a beach, jetty, or any large body of water where casting distance is important Using braided lines and finesse plastics or jigs on deep structures or shorelines Throwing light, shallow-running crankbaits or jerkbaits across flats or against shorelines Throwing small spinners in lakes, rivers, and streams Free-lining live baits or bobbers into current The spinning reel has no counterpart for saltwater applications until we move on to larger conventional reels for deepwater jigging and trolling

Berkley Choppo A plopper-style lure for explosive surface strikes