[nor-easter]

Back in the old days when the Umbrella Rig was first brought to the 'Hunk we used them because they worked.
That October when the sand eels were in thick we had a big school of large fish showed up in the big cove in front of the Club.
I remember watching one of the local guides with three fish over fifty on the same umbrella, trying to make up his mind as to which one to gaff first.

I also remember watching another local guide snap at least three rods off at the butt because he was fishing too tight a drag and when one fish hits followed by two more there is just too great a buildup of pressure. Snap goes the Butt and away goes the Rod and Reel.

We went to a single straight bar after that with only three hooked rigs on it. A hooked rig on each end, two hookless dummies inside and one down the middle as a follower.

The real fun part was this was all daytime fishing for about three weeks, all large over forty pound fish!