Don't worry I will be giving it a try on my sinking line also . I tied up one of Joe's versions in a size 8 also. Problem is I am not always fishing from my catamaran. A lot of times I go to the little lake at Sun-N-Lake (this lake has no name but it sees a lot of fishing pressure as a residential development community lake with recreational facilities) that is about a five minute drive. But its worth it for a five minute drive. So I am bank, dock, and walk bridge fishing at that lake. Sun-N-Lake may not take too kindly to me putting my cat on that lake but I sure would like to . So far, I've only caught about 4 little LMB and one little Bluegill out of it. I'm beginning to wonder if there are any larger fish in that lake . My results are obviously limited on that lake due to only bank fishing.