I actually fish 12lb Magna-thin as mainline and always fish 8 lb Ultragreen leader. It's not overloading the rod because the leader can still break, its just nice when boondogging to break as minimal setups off as possible.

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In a perfect world we'd all be rich and have every Loomis they make to fit every occasion. You can fish a 1025 and horse the hell out of a fish, and if I had to pick one all around rod it would be the 1025. But I'd prefer to fish my 1021 with 15-20.
Keith laugh
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It's time to put the red rubber nose away, clown seasons over.