beachbum wrote:That's pretty cool! He had that rod beefed up:
"The reel comes stock with 6lb test, I beefed it up for my daughter with 50lb braid " 12 pound diameter" and it had a 50lb mono leader on it"
I think he's lucky that fish didn't make some long runs. The reel housing is mostly plastic. I'd guess the reel wouldn't take kindly to a hot drag housing resting in plastic.
Cool video, but I think it would be an even cooler video, watching the reel meltdown in his hands.
Bob, that's a cool picture. Thank God they get their looks from their mothers.
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