T-Rig - small weight <1/4oz -- most of the time
T-Rig - larger weight > or = 1/4oz -- fishing deep or windy
Weightless -- rarely
Carolina -- if I'm fishing in mid-lake structure
Nail -- never
Weighted hook (swimbait type) -- never
As a Trailer -- if I'm using a jig I always use a craw or curly tail trailer.
No bug spray has ever worked for me. Ever. It just makes me sticky. It has literally never stopped me from getting chewed by the skeeters. I stopped using it.
Some of the places I bank fish I sometimes find pike/pickerel heads. It annoys me. Sometimes a pike or pickerel is the difference between a skunk or not. I'm happy to catch toothy fish, even though I don't target them. Different way of thinking I guess. I'll never understand it.
I wear a headlamp, but only when I'm re-tying or unhooking a fish. I've found that if I keep my headlamp on all the time, the skeeters swarm around me like mad. Plus I like just fishing in the darkness. Whole new level of calm, until the jitterbug gets clobbered.
As far as the color, I know braid will dull after use but it won't affect strength. It's the line getting "broken in" sort of. But the fraying, not a clue....
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