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Whether you're flipping jigs into heavy cover, working finesse rigs in clear water, or throwing topwater lures across open flats, using the right fishing line can drastically improve your performance and hookup ratio

Even spool, no piling, no digging

While most reels can withstand a fair amount of saltwater spray, a reel that is dunked will eventually allow water into the sensitive parts of the reel and require serious surgery and likely replacement

Some anglers prefer a single siwash hook on a bead chain for their hoochies and flies, but I tend to get fewer strikes and land fewer of my hook-ups this way, so have pretty much given up on that rig