re: How not to sight fish....

Painful to watch.
I honestly don't think it had anything to do with them just not wanting to bite on that rig that day - it had everything to do with presentation. You're just not going to have the speed, accuracy, and action with that setup that you'd have with a baitcaster and gold spoon.

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Sight fishing usually involves light baits, so that's why I stray away from the baitcasters. I had a spinner tied on to a baitcaster, which i used some, but it didnt help with the fish

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This is so not true. Fishing reds used to be my main passion, and I was pretty damn good at it if I should say so myself. And my weapon of choice was a Calcutta and a 3/4 oz. gold spoon (Johnson silver minnow - no trebles). It was easy to cast in any conditions and made distance and accuracy much simpler as well. And the added size didn't affect hookups at all, even with smaller fish. The added weight didn't spook the fish when sight fishing either. My buddy always threw lighter spoons, and there was no difference in our rate of hookups or the number of fish we caught.