Doing budgets at work. Need to get back to a couple of magazine illustrations I am working on this evening as deadlines are looming. Wife will have cabbage rolls for us tonight.
Life is good here also.
Personal preference has a lot to do with it. Not everyone likes the same look or style. Lots of good brand names out there, My two fav's are my Islander IR2 a straight high quality clicker and my Hardy Cascapedia 4/5 that has a powerful disc drag for such a small reel. Lots of great options out there.
You need to be sparse to have the Intruder sink quickly but with a large silhouette. I like a large dubbing ball using a dubbing loop with material like seal, polar bear, arctic fox etc. Think of it as propping up an umbrella.