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damn!
That had to sting a little...
I almost lost a rig last year during the fall run on a jetti. I had it in a spike, wedged well in a rock but mustve left the drag tighten to the max or SOMETHING. I was throwing plugs with my other rod and gotten too far away from it. I saw it get WHACKED once, then twice (bending like I had never seen that rod bend), then it popped out of the spike on #3 (just as I had finally gotten to the rod). Off it went, sailing down the jetti to the water. luckily, it the reel caught itself between 2 rocks on the waters edge (the rest the the rod was submerged) and the line broke.
3 lessons.
1. fish only ONE friggin rod!
2. check drag!
3. review 1 and 2 or be a jackass.
It was probably the fish of a lifetime, thats the worst part. I've caught large fish on that rod and never saw a bend in it like that! BTW, the rod was a 10' Ugly bait throwning indestructable beast stick. Most (including the largest) guides on it were destroyed. The reel, a 704 and the timex watch of reels, is still catching fish.
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