About a year ago I picked up my first TFO rod and started putting it
through the paces. Since then I've bought several others. I've been
mostly happy with the performance of the rods so far. But one rod really
seams to shine. The TFO FWS 763-1 7'-6" ML Signature Series. Of all
things it a spinning rod. A style of fishing that isn't something I
prefer.
Last year I had a 8.5 lb bass hit a lure a couple feet from the kayak. She made a B-line straight under my kayak. ;(
There
was nothing I could do but pray the drag was set right. Well it was and
I had a time to back it off a little more to eventfully land the bass.
Fast
forward to yesterday and I was bass fishing another local lake with the
same rod/reel combo. I threw the lure and it hit about 1' from the
bank. As soon as the lure hit the water it looked like a piece of
dynamite had went off. Water went everywhere!!! I watched as my line
started pealing off towards deeper water.
all I could think was I finally had my 10lb bass.
Well
for the next ten minutes I spent playing the fish in 6-8'' of water
crowded by trees,stumps,lay downs, and thick moss on the bottom. She
drug me around in the kayak going in and out of trees. My kayak was
bouncing of trees, getting wedged, and me almost falling out from having
to move the rod around a tree she went around.The fish had me around a
branch at one point and I was for sure she was hung up and gone.
She came lose from the limb and I got my first glimpse of my "trophy bass". NOT......
It
was a 7' foul hooked carp hooked in the tail..LOL.... Well I had went
this far I figured I would keep the fight going for another five
minutes.
The end results was a 7lb carp caught on a great rod with a reel that has a sweet drag..
Oh one more thing to add. The reel was loaded up with 4lbs Mono!........
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