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02-16-2006, 11:24 AM
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Wishin' for fishin'
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Brockton
Posts: 1,651
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Why are your lurs and plugs "snapping off" when you cast ?
Did the bail close ? (make sure you cast with the roller guide on the "bottom" and not the "top" of the reel")
Cracked guide (super glue until it can be replaced)
Burr or rust on guide (use emory cloth until guide can be replaced, if necessary).
Bad knots (learn to tie better knots)
rubbing on spool (don't cast so hard, clean and polish the spool, look for and remove burrs)
Birds nests and line twist (put less line on the reel, don't cast so hard)
Shock leader knot gets caught up in first "gathering" guide (put on a guide with a "baffle" in the supports)
Using too small of a shock leader (don't cast so hard, use heavier higher "pound test" line for a shock leader).
Last edited by striprman; 02-16-2006 at 11:32 AM..
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02-16-2006, 11:42 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,547
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When I snapped that plug off last year it was my fault. Braid got under the spool and I didn't notice it.
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02-16-2006, 12:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Newport, RI
Posts: 2,316
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The main culprit for me has always been a cracked guide. Just the TINIEST chip will munch your braid.
Either that or I tried to reach Jamestown from Newport with a Danny plug. That would be the other common reason I snap plugs off...
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02-16-2006, 12:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: south shore , ma
Posts: 669
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old string ?
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02-16-2006, 12:36 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Always human error with me.....broke off a couple of jointed eels I made after catching nice fish and while unhooking, the line went around the tip and I went back down to cast without checking my line and "SNAP"! Stupid and careless......other was the occasional Penn bail closure....how many have had that happen? All conventional this season!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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02-16-2006, 12:42 PM
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When in doubt....Fish!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Home of the CSA
Posts: 1,162
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When you fall a sleep in the AM and your buds peel your line off, cut every 20 feet and spool it back on for the next nights fishing  |
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02-16-2006, 12:44 PM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
Posts: 10,408
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Usually it's a teaser that grabs the rod on the backswing with the wind in your face... happened a few falls back with a Beachmaster cowboy... I almost cried...
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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02-16-2006, 01:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 58
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how about this:
get to beach just in time to see fish going crazy. quickly tie one on and let loose...
POW! oh yeah, i need to open the bail first, and why the hell is my drag crank down so tight?!?!?
or with my convench's...
i think the fish might be right by that sandbar/rip line/or other fishy looking place, just outside my normal casting distance.
i think if i put a little more into the cast i can reach there, ok here goes....buzz....reel starts to fluff a little, fluffs a little more, uh oh...
birds's nest, and POP!
mine are almost always human error.
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