minrek1

Most Berkley mono lines say they are made in the USA on the package. BPS lines all say made in China so don't know if Pure fishing is making them.

Yamamoto D shad sinks considerably faster of the brands I've tried

I have the 6 10 mh in both the Expride and Zodias. Very versatile. Excellent rods and prefer them to the 7 2. I prefer shorter rods in general tho.

I’ve had duty and taxes and often a brokerage fee tacked on to pretty much every eBay or jdm tackle order. Canada customs may let it slide if it was under $100 The brokerage fee can also be significant depending on the company. Ups and fedex are the worst. Canada post and dhl being more reasonable.

Braid to mono leader is on about half of my setups. I use a longish 15 foot leader or so I don’t have to mess with the braid to mono knot much if at all on the boat. The other half of my setups are mono. I’ve had luck with most monos and while there is definitely differences between brands, cheap Big Game has never failed me. Tried fluoro on and off over the years but wasn’t impressed. Though I keep thinking that I should revisit fluoro as a lot people swear by it.

I don’t have the psycho stick but I have the Helios ax mh casting rod which the model down. I have to say that it is an absolute pleasure to fish . Light, balanced, great caster. I prefer it to many of my more expensive rods. I would think you would be happy with the psycho stick.

I have a summit and if I recall inan older Basspro catalog, it was stated as 28 ipt. A 7:1 curado is 30ipt. Hope that helps.