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I also got the bite on the jig at the head of the run, not in the less turbulent tail, which told me the fish did not set up here the way I thought they should based on the topside view

On a hard canal when I expect bites to be at a premium, I usually start on a Kamasan B512 which is a fine wire, red-coloured wide gape hook

Noticeably stiffer than my go-to fiberglass rods, of course, if memory serves its also a little bit faster than a Redington Classic Trout or TFO Finesse Trout, two other terrific small stream rods ($150 and $230, respectively)

I feel that the fish would have been lost had I not had the Advantage over that fish