Many tournament crews use a Dacron loop attached to their main line to put into the outrigger or tag-line clip in order to protect the line from chafing. The loop is usually made by passing the Dacron ...

Line is expensive and the most fragile connection to the fish, so I like to use a top-shot system on all line classes that I fish. For 80- and 130-pound line, I fill the reel with Dacron backing and ...