Big M area 2/22

[1farmer]

13 minutes ago, rps said:

What you describe is the reason Babler talks about his friend Beck's hook set.. Beck said, as I understand it, when you feel a bite, reel quickly until you feel the fish and keep reeling, then let the hooks set themselves. Just put an arch in the rod and fight the fish.

With today's hooks, lines, rods, and reels this is all you need to do in most instances. I try to do this fishing a jig and at times have excellent results. My problem is I started fishing over 50 years ago. Back then we had broomsticks for worm rods made of fiberglass, we rigged our worms to be weedless by putting the hook inside the worm, not skin hooking it. When we felt a bite it went like this: drop the rod, watch the line to see if he still had it, when line moved rare back on that broomstick like you were trying to move a mountain and hoist the fish into boat. Old habits are hard to break and I sometimes forget to do it like it should be done.

[Quillback]

Dave Reeves, who has caught more fish on the Ned rig than ever will, always says to swing for the fences on your hook set.