Nomad, I use normal med. heavy bait casting or med. heavy spinning rods with 12 to 15 lb test line when casting at night and casting Gizz 4's. For casting the Flitterbait, I use lite to med spinning rods loaded with 8 to 10 lb test line. These big stripers will make some serious runs, but you just need reels with a good smooth drag. That 17 lber was caught using a lite action rod with a good back bone and 10 lb test line. We just put the trolling motor on high and chased it. Still didn't take more than 5 minutes to land.
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