st croix custom rods St. Premier Split-Grip Casting Rod - 7' - Medium They also feature Integrated Poly Curve (IPC) mandrel technology and Taper Enhancement Technology (TET) blank designs St. Croix Rods Custom Ice

The hollow-bodied bait is similar to a topwater frog, in that it remains weedless and compresses when a fish strikes

United States Fish & Wildlife Service (2013) Preparing for War. Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway National Memorial, April 29, 2013

And the close-up picture of the spikey looking fish with its dorsal fin up

I have no way of measuring the diameter, but it feels as thin as you like to me, indeed from simply feeling different 8-strands side by side (braid whisperer?), this Sufix Performance Pro 8 feels easily as thin as one of those silky-smooth, high-end Japanese 8-strands from Varivas, YGK, etc