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I have been following Mr Tani's rebuilds, and had great success in increasing drag & retaining or improving freespool @ the same time. (Thanks, Alan)
But I"m in a quandry. I grew up in SoCal, and learned in short order the necessity to toss a 2oz. live 'chovie 30' w/ no weight on a 30# rig.
Once the bait hits the water, though, it's a handline out kinda thing.
I have noticed that out here on the gulf, "flylining" live bait is not that popular, but chunking is. In addition, artificials are VERY popular out here.
so if pinning live sardines & pitching them out isn't THE technique out here,
why does freespool duration seem to have so much say when choosing a reel.
Can't see freespool being an issue on vertical jigging(controlled descent)
Or casting/retreiving poppers
or chunking for that matter(just drop in & drift out)
I hope I'm not being short-sighted, or worse, pissing somebody off, but I thought I'd start a good thread and see what y'all think
tight lines, amigos
-Brian
But I"m in a quandry. I grew up in SoCal, and learned in short order the necessity to toss a 2oz. live 'chovie 30' w/ no weight on a 30# rig.
Once the bait hits the water, though, it's a handline out kinda thing.
I have noticed that out here on the gulf, "flylining" live bait is not that popular, but chunking is. In addition, artificials are VERY popular out here.
so if pinning live sardines & pitching them out isn't THE technique out here,
why does freespool duration seem to have so much say when choosing a reel.
Can't see freespool being an issue on vertical jigging(controlled descent)
Or casting/retreiving poppers
or chunking for that matter(just drop in & drift out)
I hope I'm not being short-sighted, or worse, pissing somebody off, but I thought I'd start a good thread and see what y'all think
tight lines, amigos
-Brian