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If you want to try another approach, try wrapping the body with "glow in the dark" crystal flash, it glows pretty well.

The designation is usually double taper/weight forward. It doesn't mean the rod is bad. If it did you shouldn't buy Sage rods because most of the ones I've seen actually cast a heavier line weight...

For lines that have a woven core I strip off a few inches of coating and whip a loop into the end of the line. For those with a mono core I use the woven mono loop and whip the end of the chinese...

I have never needed anything more than a click drag reel for steelhead. They run and jump around until they tire themselves out so you don't need a heavy drag like you need for the warm salt water...