I don’t have any issues with hooking fish on them they do cut down a little on hooking fish deep which I like a lot. My issue is that I’ve dropped a number of good sized fish on them toward the very end of the fight, I don’t seem to have any issues with fish up to around 30-35 pounds but I’ve lost at least half a dozen fish that were very likely larger than that on them after getting them in close and I just can’t seem to figure out why. Possibly the small barb combined with fish changing angles and rolling when they get in close has been enough for the hook to pop free. I know guys (mostly boat or kayak) who use circles exclusively and land some very big fish on them but I’ve been very frustrated every time I’ve tried to switch over to them.
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