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Old 04-08-2016, 03:12 PM   #14
chris138
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I will always put some 40 or 50 # mono on the spool first. When you're about to get spooled on a monster fish, the heavy mono can save you when it come's time to "thumb it". You get that last bit of shock leader to try and bounce the fish. The stop is much more abrupt with straight spec.
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