My on-sale Lexa showed up under the tree as planned. A bit heavier than I expected but smooth as silk. Paired it up with my favorite St. Croix ML fast action rod and and sniper fc I also found on sale a while back. Looking forward to straight flouro on the 3000 reel. My original go-to Ned set up was braid to leader. I liked it and got good at tying the leader but it was a pain to have to ret-tie if needed. Hope to report back in the near future on the complete set up. And just stay consistent with the golf ball subject, I ran by Costco for some things today and have to admit I looked to see if they had the balls in stock, which they didn't. I wouldn't have bought anyway, but no thanks to you guys, had to look.... Sticking with the Velocities.