Re: My first fishing post
we were using mud minnows on a circle hook free swimming in the current, no weight or floats. Had a Falcon 7' medium light, Penn 4300 spinning reel, spooled up with #25 power pro, #30 flourocarbon leader, its my favorite speckeld trout set up. My set up was a little light for these fish, but it was a blast catching them. Pulled the reel down Sat. to clean and inspect, the drag washer is just about wasted. We were fishing near structure and had to really crank down on the drag to turn them, but once they turned towards open water, we'd back off on the drag and let them run for a bit. I tried to use one of my baitcaster outfits, but I couldn't cast it with the light weight we had on the line, so i switched back to the spec rig. If any one cares to know, a Falcon rod will bend 180 without breaking. ;)
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