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Let it come to you, and stay out of the water so as to avoid detection

I prefer a 76 Medium Or Medium Heavy power rod

Poplar may turn out to be a useless wood for lure making but I feel that the trial and error method of learning how to do something is probably the best way to learn

With a fast-running fish, this may have consequences for the angler's knuckles

I didnt know what I was doing, but I didnt want to let her know

The reason that I say it depends is that the position of the hook might affect the action of the lure and a hook in the wrong spot might unbalance the lure enough that it just wont run properly and therefore not work