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Originally Posted by GonnaCatchABig1
...so i just sat back and prayed it would turn.. ...
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From what I read, your mistake isn't your tackle....it's your technique ...you can't "sit back and pray" it turns..., ,, YOU have to turn it, ...and if the drag was
screaming continuously for over 350 yards....you had a boat
.....even turning a fish sideways helps. In some of the areas that I fish...I have to almost "Pin-Ball" the fish in. There are so many boulders...if I "sit back"...he's gonna crotchet me a quilt. You have to know where your line is...and how to angle your rod in order to leverage him in the direction you'd
like him to go in. Even "footballs" pause long enough to turn. We ALL enjoy hearing the drag scream but you have to pay attention and SEIZE the moment when it comes. As soon as he shows a sign of pausing or changing direction, lay into the pole
That big fish owes you one. I think your confident in your tackle -which increases the confidence in yourself, don't go changing it now. Any loss of confidence will work against you. Now is NOT the time to lose confidence in tie-ing knots your not comfortable with. Work on knots, longer leader casting and hook theorys in the winter-time. ...just my thoughts, (which don't count for much as I don't have a clue
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Good Luck -