If you use lighter line you are going to get a lot more opportunities for fish. The lighter the line the more natural action the jig will have. This applies to any specie you are fishing for. I've had a lot of folks ask me to take them fishing and show them my method. They ask me what kind of gear to bring. I tell them Ul or L and...2# test line. More often than not they show up with 4-6 pound test line. Standing shoulder to shoulder I've caught fish every cast and my guests have caught few...or none many times. You can not work a micro jig to its best using 6# test line. If you're live bait fishing it is a different story. I am many times reluctant to answer this type of question on a forum. Folks will come back and say "I caught so and so using 6 pound test line". I'm sure thay did but they would have done a lot better using 2# test line. A few weeks back I was at Dale Hollow on a slow day. My nephew and I tied into several smallmouth in the 18-19 inch range. It was no problem landing those fish on light line. It is all I fish with. There will be a learning curve when you switch to 2# test for the first time...with many breakoffs. But you will soon get the hang of it. I love the SOS 2# test...which has already been said it is really 3.5# test. That would be a good line to start with.


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