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My intention is to put a small spool of 8lb line in as well.

Along those lines, maybe you could use 20-30 pound braided line, still 8lb mono thin, but strong enough to use for snare or tying branches for a frame for solar blanket windbreak.

For snare, I'd rig a neck type snare/bent branch vs leg snare which could be chewed thru.

You could also rig loop on long sapling pole and go Spruce Grouse hunting. I've had them walk with-in feet of me on portage trail and off-trail. I heard the Native People don't even wast a shell on them, just snag as described.