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You want to set the drag to where when you do a hook set, there is no drag sound, but loose enough to have the fish take the drag if needed

You can catch topwater fish all day long, but generally speaking that window is so small in the morning thats when the water temperature is the coolest. And yes, cloudy days are better for topwater action, he said

Give the rod a little lift to feel if something has it in there mouth and if not then just reel back up and repeat

I run 10lb floro in november-Jan on most rivers bump up to 12 for feb except in the spring on the nehalem I run strait 15lb, I also fish all my salmon with 15# floro