question for fluke bucktailers

[Reel Class]

There's a good amount of debate over the use of "heavier" braids vs. lighter braids here, all great points.

I do understand using the lighter gear to get away with the lightest bucktail you can possibly use, but my theory and the guys that have fished with me for years, at least most of them, are in the school of thought that they want to be as VERTICAL as possible on the smaller boat which tends to drift better than a 100' headboat, even in "zero-drift" conditions when I just have to pop the motors in gear to get some movement.

I think the one thing that I didn't mention in my original post and I ignored was that on a headboat, if you use the light spinning rods and the light jigs, you can cast it out and work the jig more effectively - from my perspective, on the 6 pack boat, that's basically null and void because A) a 31' will drift when a 100' will not, and B) there aren't 50-60 fares you have to contend with when tangles occur. This is indeed one reason to use the lighter gear - and if it works for you - so be it!

If I created any confusion w/ what I said (Tony - Palmer's tackle and others!) - I didn't intend to do so. Great discussion!