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You can also frame a house with a rock instead of a hammer. Doesn't mean a rock is better.

Red disappears but waaaaaay deeper than the advertisements tell you. It's like over 50ft down.

Simms dry creek gear bag is my favorite.

Pretty compressive list above Mid sized Spro Rat Black Dog Shellcracker G2 Buzzjet Are my favorites

Only thing I can think of not mentioned above is your leader knot being big or having long tag ends. Fill the spool and don't use a leader and give it another try. I use loooooong leaders to help with this. By the time the lure is 40ft away and the leader knot starts hitting the guides the lure has slowed down enough that if the knot made a difference it won't be much. But that's neither here nor there until you figure out the amount of line etc on the reel.

Tackle Shack TX on YouTube is in the middle of a series of fishing Biwa and tackle shops in those areas.

Spinning reel stands are great.

Sierra Trading Post has Douglas LRS 76 and 74 swimbait rods for 100 normally 200. The 20-30lb line rating are them (don't show lure rating). I played with them a a fishing show and they are nice. They'd be great for this application. FYI lures are 1-4oz. I'd have grabbed one if I needed it.

Dude (hope you're doing well/better). So a 150 ain't a 150 between brands. Daiwa's Tatula 150 is the same frame etc as the Tatula 200. The 200 has roughly the same capacity etc as Shimano's 300 size. Although the Shimano feels a little more "tankish". Confused yet? So in effect the Tatula 150 is just a lower capacity 200, but structurally the same. A Shimano 150 or 200 is like a level smaller capacity wise. A Shimano 200 is not even remotely close to a Tatula 200... The notion that they are comparable is laughable. I throw swimbaits up to 3 oz with a 15? year old Shimano Citica 201 E. 2-5oz rod has a Daiwa Catalina TWS (sort of 150 size) 4-8oz rod has a Tatula 200. Never an issue with any of them up to 7lb bass and several big Pike and Musky. The idea that the weight of a bait will destroy a reel makes no sense and sort of a flat earth mentality. Your thumb supports the spool when getting ready to cast, the bearings support during. None of the internal parts get any wear in those steps of the process. The bait lands, reel engaged... now you are reeling in the bait. (Sort of a rhetorical question coming up) What freakin' bait are you reeling in that has more resistance than a fighting 4lb bass? To be clearer, no bait strains a reel upon retrieve more than the strain it experiences when fighting even a 1lb fish, let alone a 5 or 10... if a bait wears a reel out then our reels would last a couple fish then need to be replaced. Now if you early engage or don't fully disengage the reel on a cast or pull snags without thumbing the spool (bends axle or reforms the spool) then yeah the reel breaks but that's not because of the reel or lure. Get the Daiwa 150 OR a Curado 200 and you'll be fine.

This is my most ridiculous set up. Old BPS Extreme 68Mxf, Shimano something or other spinning reel. 20-30lb straight braid. My dedicated Fat Ika rod. I use it in incredibly irresponsible places with over the top hooksets. I love fishing with it.

Some don't like the edge latching system, you may be one of them. Plain old Planos with silica packs are perfectly fine unless you live in a rainforest.

Vermont 6lbs 13oz

You can get bulk on Amazon/ebay for like a buck each. www.rodprotech.com has amazing socks which you might want to use for your on Yak rods. 100% US made and custom

Jerkbait/Fluke Magdraft Freestyle Ned/football with a ned Shallow crank/lipless bladed jig

I can't tell the difference between them for smoothness as far as sensitivity. But the lighter the guide the lighter the rod above the reel and that helps sensitivity. I built rods that I'll never use braid on with all steel super light guides.

I only mentioned it as I've seen even the D Rams smash down on big water (cracked a screen).

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1022605854?pid=541771 Can you squeeze this in on the bow somewhere?

brother, both have been gone for too many years. Just personally, my bucket list place would be Lake Champlain, can't wait too long on that as the sands in the hour glass are getting low Either of you 2 head over to Champlain let me know. Lived on it for 40 years.

Dworshak definitely. Baccarac yup. Zimbabwe or South Africa would be cool too. The St Lawrence is magic. One river but so different in geography and architecture along the length (Mouth to almost A-bay, then the 1000 islands, then length to Ogdensburg thenr there to Massena, let alone Canadian side vs US). You know I'm not always catching, I need something to look at.

ALF sent me GLX spinning rod a long time ago. Issue was I ordered a Daiwa flipping stick. They were sorta shocked I called and told them about the oopsie. Sent it back.

Evergreen/Daiwa St Croix Of note, if it doesn't break in the first 6 months of use, realistically it didn't break due to a manufacturer defect.

Leave the small pieces in their package and use a couple Ryugi Hook Stockers. They're $18 and probably cheaper at jdm shops. It's like a little soft plastics binder. I have all my hooks I'd use in an outing in one and snaps, swivels, nails, bobber stops in another. Just slide the original package into the sleave in the Hook Stocker and you're good to go. No sliding into other compartments or getting a ton of water on the stuff you aren't using. Spro mesh bags are good too I used to use those but now they are relegated to hold spinnerbaits. Weights and jigheads go in a Plano Edge.

2 rods would be ideal but the Tatula can do jig hooks around 2oz just fine. The 79 Zodias is a great jid hook rod too.

Pretty well covered.