Brian,

No I haven't seen Byron's video. I am familiar with fishing the baits near or on the surface...maybe not as good as Bryon...In fact, yesterday, I had a fish blow up on the bait at the surface. I missed the fished, but it was pretty killer!

You gotta take a look at the tubing in the Eagle. It's machined really well, and didn't seem to fray my line at all.

What do you think about the Osprey's line tie and that whole rig that goes down to the hook? Doesn't it seem kinda gutless to you?

Matt