Its been dropped in mud, silt, sand, cowshit, and gravel, gotten dunked too many times to count, slobbered on by several dogs, snotted on by one cow, been temporarily lost, and caught a number of bass, channel cats, and carp
Popping the cork can be done quickly or in short bursts
The bigger the shiner, the bigger the hook, but again, if the shiner cant swim without doing so in a nose-down fashion, then it is probably too big
I started by using an inexpensive Shakespeare SIGMA Supra 10 7# rod for streamer fly fishing but now I use a 10ft 7# Greys GR80 fly rod
WE DO NOT PACK OR MOVE
My son and I landed 40 on opening day