Ever been spooled?

[Fly Rod]

Spooled by a humpback whale out on the bank. As the line started to empty out of the spool, all that I could think of was my rod and reel being torn out of my hands, lucky that a knife was within hands reach, if I hadn't had that knife close by, all my hand gear would have been gone.

And once, I had my spinning rod spooled by a tuna.

[niko]

we were ancored up to the bridge at bahai honda state park and i was using a 20# spinning setup. i was telling the captain to unhook the boat as the spool was emptying. he took his sweet time but it all worked out. we chased him down after to land him quick before the sharks had thier way w/ him. my first tarpon, 125# class fish. i've been lucky enough to land everyone i've ever hooked(6) including a 75 pounder from a dock in key west w/ a penn 460 slammer on a light loomis rod i was using to catch jacks with.