Needing help with a ned rig problem

[m&m]

Great advice about checking the line.  I use fluoro on the 6# & 8# and I am forever feeling for nicks in the line.  If I am unsure if the nick will snap, I merely hold the lure in one hand and hold the line above the nick in the other and give it a quick, hard snap to simulate setting the hook.  If it breaks, I am ahead of the game.  Takes very little time to do this but it sure ruins my day if a fish breaks me off.

Mike

[flyrod17]

On 4/28/2016 at 2:19 PM, m&m said:

Great advice about checking the line.  I use fluoro on the 6# & 8# and I am forever feeling for nicks in the line.  If I am unsure if the nick will snap, I merely hold the lure in one hand and hold the line above the nick in the other and give it a quick, hard snap to simulate setting the hook.  If it breaks, I am ahead of the game.  Takes very little time to do this but it sure ruins my day if a fish breaks me off.

Mike

my issue is that jerking or pulling on the line to test it, stretches it at least some (fluoro less than mono of course).  In that amount of time I can almost snip it, retie it.  It's all what you get used to and are comfortable with.  Even fun fishing because I don't fish tournaments anymore, I retie after every fish and every hang up. 

[mixermarkb]

+1 on the retie. If I feel a nick or even a big kink in my line, I'm cutting off and tying a new knot. It doesn't take that long to tie on a new bait, and baits get expensive! 

[dtrs5kprs]

31 minutes ago, mixermarkb said:

+1 on the retie. If I feel a nick or even a big kink in my line, I'm cutting off and tying a new knot. It doesn't take that long to tie on a new bait, and baits get expensive! 

And lost fish hurt.