Had a buddy that was cleaning houses and cleaning up after construction. Found about 3 thousand dollars worth of high quality woman's clothes, a lot with the tags in a Branson dumpster.
I've used a uni to uni for years. Under 10 lb test needs to be retied at least mid-day, the only failures I've had are breaks at the knot/leader junction. I assume from repeatedly hitting the guides. I'm also partial to Sunline.
When I moved back here in the middle 90s. Was in a guys shop that had several nice Walleye mounts. He said they were from Table Rock but far from RPS's haunts.
Closest setup to BFS I have is a upgraded Curado 100 (lighter spool, better bearings). On an 8 ft St Croix, saltwater tapered rod, great for free lining shrimp. Works down too about 1/16 as long as the wind cooperates. Got the bug from seeing RPS's setup a few years ago.
I think most anytime you see surface feeding, there is another school sitting deep, feeding on easy meals. I've caught big bass under gar, bass under stripers etc.