I had a first today - after hiking close to a mile and half with my float tube, I kicked off shore and started stripping line off my reel. Someone taught me, 30 or 40 or more years ago, that when doing this, if you take a few seconds and stretch that section out, you can minimize slinky coils. When I had about 25 feet of line out and started to stretch the line, the "blankety blank" Rio Grand WF6F line broke. In half. Completely. Man, I was not happy. It's safe to say I was pissed off.
My backup was a second rod with an intermediate line. My backup backup was my friend Engee to the rescue. While I was fuming, he said "give me your rod". Next thing I know he's tied a nifty square knot in the blankety blank Rio Grand WF6F and I had a semi-functional floating line as my backup to my backup. Thanks Randy!
Hello Cortland, hello Scientific Anglers, hello any line other than Rio.
For you bobber haters, the bobbers went down.
My backup was a second rod with an intermediate line. My backup backup was my friend Engee to the rescue. While I was fuming, he said "give me your rod". Next thing I know he's tied a nifty square knot in the blankety blank Rio Grand WF6F and I had a semi-functional floating line as my backup to my backup. Thanks Randy!
Hello Cortland, hello Scientific Anglers, hello any line other than Rio.
For you bobber haters, the bobbers went down.
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