Every thing offdtop said is spot on imho ! retie every thirty minutes whether you think you need to or not . I DIDN'T READ THAT IN A BOOK EITHER , school of hard knocks taught me that . lol .
Oh , another thing , after a day of dragging a jig /worm through rocks and brush, before my next trip i strip off about 10ft of line and retie . another
hard lesson learned .