101 Bass Fishing Tips

i will be fishing largemouth bass and soon smallmouts also and i usually use 10pound mono with a g.loomis imx fast action which is actually pretty stiff but i think since i will be fishing a river that i need as much distance on cast as possible. i am very cheap (lol) and i hate losing lures from big fish teethy fish or snags from rocks and logs, i can fite fish but not teethy fish with no leader so that may give you an idea of what poundage i shuld use
forgot to mention this is for my spinning reel and rod set up