Fish 25-30# leaders and you can toss the same rig for hours.

You can also handline sockeye into the boat...netting fish with 15' leaders is a nightmare.

I'd also recommend big hooks, 3/0 - 4/0's. It makes relesaing fish much easier at the boat and buttons the springs real well.
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