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For most intents and purposes, though, a new fly angler is going to be best served with a modern graphite rod

The standard worm-style hook works well for this soft plastic because of its longer shanks

Remember how I said it depends on your cover situation which lure will work the best

My preference is 8 or 86 long but the main change will be the braid, I scale way down on the braid to achieve much longer casts

I throw big jigs like (Berkley Fusion 19 bucktails) or live bait to the Cobia

The opportunity to get my feet in the sand and these days for me that means casting fast moving lures for fast moving predatory fish