Thanks for the tackle rundown, Marrakai.

The braided cores should be stronger as-should any of the salt water (warm water) lines. They might be too stiff for our cooler climate when fishing our cooler rivers for salmon.

Next line-up when using weight forwards is normal, a good choice.

I'm really liking the Scientific Anglers "Relaceable Tip" lines, that come with floating, intermediate clear, type 3 and type 5 or 6 sinking tips - loop to loop connections are normal. I also make up my own tips to suit for dredging operations, and this is the system I use in my double handers as well.

Just picked up 3 new short rods to try out, 10' in 6 and 7 weights and a 9.5' in 6wgt. The 7 feels like an 8 - think they painted the wrong wgt. on it - no worries - have all the lines I need at this point. I'll try it on big river (Skeena/Bulkley Confluence) Sockeye salmon in August.

Well done!