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Originally Posted by BigFish
Yeah I notice you have to go easy on the hook set or you pull the lips right off the fish...as you say...let the fish set it as it does not stretch! I do like how forgiving mono is for sure!
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All you need is a quick snap for a hookset.It's nice with the graphite rods.Thats not where your going to have a problem.
It's fighting the fish.I fish a light drag.It will zing just a little when I set the hook.IMO you need the light drag to keep the hooks in the fish when they make their sudden movements,head shakes or runs.Especially when they get close to land and make that last ditch effort for freedom.I might even back the drag off a touch at that point.Especially when I see it is a good fish..I see so many good fish lost at that point.You can't horse em.Just take your time.Of course there will be times when you have to put the brakes on em.You can always thumb or cup the spool..I fish spinning.It is way easier to stop a fish while cupping the spool that it is to thumb it.Thumbing a spool just leads to less thumb skin in them situations.
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