I think you need more stretch in your rig to keep em buttoned on there. Too easy to work that hook out with a couple headshakes otherwise. If you gotta use braid (and I don't know why you would if metal is the main offering with that stick) then you need a goodly amount of mono spliced onto the end of it to keep some stretch in the tether. The stretch will keep the hook tight. If you have a noodly enough rod to keep it tight despite the braid and fluoro, then you're using the wrong rod IMO. I'd go straight 12 lb mono and bust their chops like Bill Dance,

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