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I ended up going to walmart to get some hooks, and walked out with a $16 shakespeare, and put my lews tournament pro on it, should be perfect. Thanks for the info guys

hey all, Im going on a trip to the Sierra's this weekend, going to do some fishing which I haven't done in a while and unfortunatly do not have a trout rod at the moment, mine broke a few months ago and just havent replaced it yet. I have my St. Croix Avid X 7' M/F spinning rod that I will be bring with me, my question is, will that be too much rod for trout, and what can I do to make the set-up acceptable for the couple days I will be fishing, maybe using mono to help with some of the shock?

I love all of my avid x's, fantastic rods, especially the m/f and mh/f

I have a couple avid x's, they are fantastic rods. I have the 7' m/f spinning rod and a few of their baitcasters. I pretty much use all my finesse techniches including drop shot. I don't have any experience with the other rods you mention, but I really love the avid x line, light, sensitive, and I love the split grip design on the rod as well

its was on there fb page, might still be up. I don't remember the exact winners off my head, but I remember one was a police officer from springfield where lews hq is at

I always keep 6,7, and 8 lb sniper with me, I just really like the 7lb, I have gone down to 4 and 5lb sniper, but that's pretty rare for me even out in our super clear socal lakes

7lb sniper, great stuff

I've never had any luck with the palomar, a lot of people use it, but I seemed to break off quite a bit. So far I haven't had one break off with the double uni and feel I can really smash on them with that knot

no, San V is supposed to be open again between 2015 and 2017, my guess is towards the 2017 mark or even later. I can't wait, never had the chance to fish there but I hear all the stories from some old timers, I will definitely be there on its opening. Theres a few lakes close to me in the San Diego area that are almost completely dried up, most are at half pool, the lakes that are producing are extremely pressured, and some that rely on runoff like lake hodges (has a lot of runoff from the farms that are causing the water to deplete oxygen rapidly, adding phosphorus and chemicals to the water) are going downhill very fast. Hopefully the El Nino that's supposed to come in the fall and through the winter (please pray) will fill up a lot of our lakes and the fishing will get really good, fingers crossed!!!

double uni knot, its the only knot I use now, It will take you a while to learn it, but I've never had it fail on me once, super strong, and I can't stand the palomar

I love my team gold spinning reel, you can get them for about $110 on the bay, totally worth it in my opinion, I will get more definitely

I use my 8.0:1 super duty for pitching, flipping and frogs, I love it and helps me be more efficient pitching with the high gear ratio. I also love my bb1-pro for bombing casts, but my tournament pro's are my favorite out of all of them, I wish Lews made the tp in a 8.0:1 and I would be all over it. I use all 7.1 except for my super duty

Spinnerbaits and more spinnerbaits

Could be. I did see a video a while back that Croix was planning on adding more lengths and actions to the avid x lineup, which I would absolutely love, but haven't heard anything other than the avid x

Thanks guys for all the tips, I just ended up going the JLS route, felt safer that way lol. I'm pretty stoked!!!