Start of Cast At the very beginning of a cast there is no braking power applied to the spool at all
A few good, simple patterns to put in your box would be: Universal dry flies: Tom Thumb, Adams Basic nymphs: Hares Ear, pheasant tail nymph Smaller streamers/attractors: Wolly Buggers, Pumpkin Heads, leeches Pick a few colours and smaller sizes of each to get you started
Use 1/8 oz For: Bluegill / Sunfish / Bream Crappie Perch Rock Bass / Goggle Eye White Bass Use 1/8 oz and 1/4 oz For: Arctic Char Arctic Grayling Barracuda Bluefish Bonefish Brook Trout Brown Trout Carp Chum (Dog) Salmon Cutthroat Trout Dolly Varden Trout Humpback (Pink) Salmon Kokanee (Landlocked Sockeye) Salmon Ouananiche (Landlocked Atlantic) Salmon Pickerel Rainbow Trout / Palomino Trout Redfish / Red (Puppy) Drum Sauger Smallmouth Bass Snook Sockeye (Red) Salmon Speckled (sea) Trout / Weakfish Steelhead Walleye Warning: Cancer and Reproductive Harm www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
Personally, my box is set up to accommodate a healthy mix of jigheads, lures, soft plastics, hooks and terminal tackle that I can use in many different settings
The top access to the box had two lids that opened from the middle out to each side and they acted like little tables while gearing up
The softer tip is also relatively light in swing weight, especially for a power 5-weight