I love to flatline these on the lower Tillamook rivers when the water is dropping into that nice greenish color. For that I have taken to using 30 or 40 lb. superbraid mainline, small 30# black barrel swivel, 40" to 50" of 30 lb. Maxima Chameleon leader, and a mid-sized wire snap on the end of the leader (no swivel - this allows for easy fast changes to other Kwikies and Mag Warts, that I leave the stock snaps off of). The really strong braids are as thin diametered as 10 lb. mono and gets the Kwikies suprisingly deep. Keep the drag set moderately and don't use a 'backbounce' stiff tipped rod and you won't have any prob with the no-stretch factor with the braids. If the Kwiky is even slightly running off to one side it's important to tune them to dive straight - both for more diving ability and best action.

Another thing that is productive is to soak your sardine filets for a while in redish egg juice left over from the egg curing process. This gives it red color and the great scent combo of sardine and eggs. Deadly for the Kings. Fun!

RT

[ 10-16-2001: Message edited by: RT 1 ]