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gecabert
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 Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:35 am Post subject: New member from Tolland |
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Greeting!
I'm a long time casual fisherman, but started getting serious about Bass fishing last year. The brother of a good friend of mine has a Tracker, and was looking for a fishing partner, and I'm hooked so to speak. I had a few spinning setups, and over the winter I've purchased 2 baitcasting setups. I'm still practicing and hoping to get less and less backlashes as I get better.
I'm hoping to be an active member of the community and learn some new tips and tricks that will help me improve.
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slimecoat
Joined: 09 Nov 2007
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Location: Newington, CT.
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Welcome to the site George!
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SkeeterJim
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Location: Newington, CT
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Welcome aboard George!
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chumley
Joined: 25 Sep 2007
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Location: tolland ct
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welcome
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PECo
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:05 pm Post subject: I'm curious. . . |
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George
Why did you feel the need to switch from spinning reels to baitcasters? It sounds like the potential for catastrophic failure is much higher with a baitcaster than a spinning reel. I really value simplicity and robustness (is that even a word?), since I fish from a little kayak.
Phil
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gecabert
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Phil,
I didn't have a lot of spinning gear, so I wasn't replacing anything I currently owned, just adding to it. I still use my spinning reels for skipping under docks, rafts, etc. And I also wanted to begin to use florocarbon, and I've read of issues with spinning reels and heavy lb test. And part of it was that I wanted to see how the other half live, so to speak. I watch a lot of fishing shows on Versus, and everyone uses baitcasting equipment, so I though I'd give it a try. I spent Saturday afternoon on the CT river, and I really only had 3 serious backlashes. 2 of them I was able to get out, using a technique I saw on bassfishin.com, and the 3rd I ended up cutting out. The florocarbon backlashes were easy to get out, the braid was much harder, not sure why. |
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PECo
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:14 pm Post subject: Ahh. . . |
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The Versus Effect!
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