02-17-2007, 03:08 PM
Hey T4me, I hear your praise on the Kahle, Circle, and wide gap hooks. Have you every tried the Octopus Hooks?? I am starting to use those more now for the insfore shark species just because of their performance.
You can tie your favorite knot on them or use the good ole "Snell" knot for the straight pulls.
The quality gear part is also correct. I thought it was funny watching an X brand reel actually explode on me while hooking up on a decent sized Mud Marlin.
The Drag smoked like a chimeney and the bearings finally overheated to the point of making a loud bang inside the reel. I ended up just having to double button the spool and hold the line until I was able to bend the hook out of the poor fishes mouth.
I never got a check after sending the report in with the damaged reel. I think they had some of those extra low grade chineese bearings in them. If I would have known, I could have put some of those NMB Japanese bearings in.[cool]
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You can tie your favorite knot on them or use the good ole "Snell" knot for the straight pulls.
The quality gear part is also correct. I thought it was funny watching an X brand reel actually explode on me while hooking up on a decent sized Mud Marlin.
The Drag smoked like a chimeney and the bearings finally overheated to the point of making a loud bang inside the reel. I ended up just having to double button the spool and hold the line until I was able to bend the hook out of the poor fishes mouth.
I never got a check after sending the report in with the damaged reel. I think they had some of those extra low grade chineese bearings in them. If I would have known, I could have put some of those NMB Japanese bearings in.[cool]
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