What is the most important thing you use when fishing? Is there one thing that controls whether you catch fish or not? The bait you use varies all the time, so that is not the single most important thing. If your hooks are dull, it may keep you from landing a fish, but millions of fish have been caught on dull hooks. If your rod breaks, you can still land the fish sometimes. The same goes for the reel. A good one helps but you can land fish with a broken one.
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One thing often forgotten is that a large fish can stretch your line (mono is particularly succeptible) and reduce the breaking strength dramatically.