FYI: I run 12# mono on the reel to 10# mono for the leader. A 3/4 oz brass weight, a clacker, 3 beads, a swivel, 4' to 6' of leader, 1 ot hook, and usually a lizard. Each time you loose a set-up, there goes $2.00. Have left a lot of hardware in NH lakes! Check the line a lot and retie. Strip off 5' to 10' couple times a day just to be sure. Once you chuck it out there keep some tension on the line to feel the taps. Also a lot of times they will take it on the drop. C-rigging can take some getting used too!