We were curious to see what Diana Helmuth, an ultralight skeptic who swears by her decades-old Dana Designs backpack, would think
Be organised on your travels with bags featuring trolley sleeves
The 1000 size excels for trout, panfish, and finesse inshore presentations, while the 5000 size provides the power needed for larger freshwater targets or hard-fighting inshore fish like redfish and snook
Large suckers are my usual bait, but big cow shiners will also work well, when available
The rig is tied using a stripped back-length of semi-stiff coated braid, a curve-shank hook, a length of shrink tubing, bait-screw or rig-ring, a hook-stop, and a split-shot or dab of tungsten putty