Nice outing! Love the crackers .
Growing up , my dad and my three brothers were dedicated bass chasers and made fun of me always chasing the gills . There were a lot days they went fishless and I would e reeling in what they called baby fish . LOL !
I started fishing ultralight as soon as I discovered it.
My first nice dedicated UL was a Mitchell 408 matched to a 5’ Shakespeare UL rod . I still have the reel .