oh by the way,what length rod did you get,i use 5 1/2 cheerywood,have use longer rods ,have watch a few that use longer rods and and with their age could not hold it steady enough for accuracy,also as I said also learn how to shoot low without hitting water on those days when water is a little choppy because it will bounce to the angle of the chop of water it hit and may bounce straight up.by you still being a young and steady hand guy a 6 will be fine.learn to shoot slip also,this spring I was shooting a dock with a lift and had to shoot over first lift and stop before second lift,could not get a bite beause before it went down muh I had to wind up to not catch second lift so I decided to use a slip float and first go I shot it to second lift and let it sink,wamb the biggest fish of the day,shot back and caught more,wife could not shoot float enough to get back there,so practice,pratice,pratice,i even shoot much of the time at bp to keep me in pratice