Most of my rods are 7 foot with spinning reels and 20lb braid. Unless it is very windy, I never have trouble with the braid, and I usually stay home on the very windy days.
I like corks, because I frequently fish over shallow reefs. It makes it easy to have a steady retrieve without getting stuck on the bottom. That said, most of the corks are clip on, so that I can easily take them off and just fish with the jig and swim bait (and no cork).
I bring a bunch of rods with different things, but 99% of my trout are on 1/8 to 1/4 oz jig heads with 3 inch swim baits. This time of year, it's 1/8 oz double rigged. My live bait 2/0 kahle hook two feet under a cork comes in handy if I bring shrimp. My topwater getup, hard lures, chatter baits, and other random junk that I bring on the other poles pretty much never leave the rod holders unless I'm just screwing around. Why mess with a good thing. My jigheads and swim baits typically get the job done.
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