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Old 03-20-2013, 07:57 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by JackK View Post
If you stop a tuna, you stop it breathing. That's why most of the old timers used 400 lb handlines. They do their first run, then had the screws put to them. Takes very large fish out of the fight..
With multiple stran twisted wire leaders and cast iron sash weights for sinkers.
Sometimes stay anchored if we could gain line on m,,,
A whopping $2 - $3.00 / lb.

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