dropped a monster Bow!!!!!!!

[acabtp]

4# test... don't leave home without it

[shrimpman steve]

I just can't give up the 2# test. I don't know why, I guess I'm stubborn.

This one was a reel heart breaker! I was lookin at this fish 5 feet from me! I truly believe it could have been close to 10 pounds. the biggest rainbow I have ever seen.

I feel I get more hits on the 2#, and I'll deal with whatever I hook. May be time to change strategy, as we all know this is not the first big fish I've lost. If my bud didn't spook the fish at the last minute, I think I would have landed him.

[FASTEDDIE29]

you could bump up to 3 lb test, 3 lb test is usually offered up for ice fishing set ups, jigging rods. Check out whatever website you might purchase from to see if they have 3lb test available!!! Last time i picked up my spools of 3 was up at Franks tackle last year, still have 1 spool left!!!

[lunkertaker]

Originally Posted by shrimpman steve

I just can't give up the 2# test. I don't know why, I guess I'm stubborn.

I feel I get more hits on the 2#, and I'll deal with whatever I hook...

Hey Shrimpman...keep to the strategy. 2# line for trout is awesome and you can cast the small stuff just fine. There are always those that come unbuttoned, but I'm sure that the world record 2# class (fresh or Salt) is much larger than a 10-15 lb BOW! So it just happens and we have to live with it. #$%@T&**&$%$% Great Post!

Change the line and post when you get em hooked and landed next time

[shrimpman steve]

I was thinkin maybe NJ record on 2#, but just checked. NJ doesn't include line test rating for records. The NJ state record bow is 13 pounds, does not tell you what line rating he had. Probably a foreigner with 10 pound test.

anyway, he won the fight so I'll never know, but man it was a big fish. I am still agonizing over it.

going to try and post some video tomorrow.

[Capt. Lou]

Two LB is not needed , Inpersonally never use under four , big fish time I step up to 5#!
if your a biat guy then line choice should Fluoro! I use Toray by Blacwater head & shoulders above any other! With 4# I would break my rod before the line. I use nothing but light line taper rods all 6'6" breaking a big fish off with this set is dam near impossible if you tie proper knots!

[shrimpman steve]

Originally Posted by Capt. Lou

Two LB is not needed , Inpersonally never use under four , big fish time I step up to 5#!
if your a biat guy then line choice should Fluoro! I use Toray by Blacwater head & shoulders above any other! With 4# I would break my rod before the line. I use nothing but light line taper rods all 6'6" breaking a big fish off with this set is dam near impossible if you tie proper knots!

Lou, I am a bait guy 99% of the time. Do you use 4 pound fluoro leader or the whole spool?

[Capt. Lou]

Whole spool, remember most Fluoro carbon lines are a joke i
not manfactured properly . The good ones like Toray are soft & exhibit same qualities
as mono!
Most others can be memory prone !
Always tie minimum 7 turn clinch in lighter lines! If you tie standard five turn not neatly as strong!

[Michael82929]

Few things...

2lb Trilene XT - world of difference between that and the XL.

Also the 4lb magna thin has the same diameter as 2lb if I am correct and havent had a pig snap that yet...

I use the 2lb XT - pops uses the 4lb magna thin..

I catch the same amount of fish than when I use to use the 2lb Trilene XL

Also back in the day you didnt have these slobs in there - you could handle a 4 - 5 pd fish on em.

Some of those rainbows have been weighed over 11lbs so 10 doesnt suprise me...

There are nasty fish... on those small rods.. tons of fun..