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Crafty Angler · 06-22-2009, 12:18 PM

Like Dennis said, reel sloooowly with the rod tip at 11 o'clock high, then drop the tip low and 'bow to the cow' after you feel the bump - I reel like mad on the upstroke of the rod to take out the slack, but then I'm using mono with the rocks around here.

No problems with a bail-less 704 - but as far as drag goes, set it and forget it - the last thing you want to do is be fiddling with your drag and overtighten in the middle of a fight -

I oughta know - I lost my PB that way a long time ago...

06-22-2009, 12:18 PM	#9
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	Like Dennis said, reel sloooowly with the rod tip at 11 o'clock high, then drop the tip low and 'bow to the cow' after you feel the bump - I reel like mad on the upstroke of the rod to take out the slack, but then I'm using mono with the rocks around here. No problems with a bail-less 704 - but as far as drag goes, set it and forget it - the last thing you want to do is be fiddling with your drag and overtighten in the middle of a fight - I oughta know - I lost my PB that way a long time ago...
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.