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Originally Posted by Flaptail
Very light tackle may be exciting but the lengthy fight puts fish under tremendous physiological strain.
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That's the same peeve I have with some of my flyfishing bretheren. Many think that they're putting pounds of pressure on the fish when they are only putting ounces.
It's very irritating to see a long rodder fighting a fish with only a bend in the rod tip.
Of course, the worst I've seen was a surfcaster, apparently afraid to get his feet wet, drag a bassling 25ft up the beach, step on it to rip the hook out, then kick it back several times until reaching the water. Last I saw it was floating lifeless.
