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Old 05-31-2015, 11:13 AM   #6
King Saba
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Originally Posted by FISH11 View Post
When I was using 50lb Fluorocarbon the diameter was larger and it was no problem. Using the 40lb Seaguar is thinner and when I only used 5 turns in each direction the fluorocarbon leader pulled out after pulling super hard on the line for about 5 minutes out of the 10 minute fight. It looked like the knot was still together and compact but the fluorocarbon leader tag end had just pulled through. It seem like with thinner diameter you need more surface area to have a firm hold on the fluorocarbon. It's not very hard to just do two more turns in each direction. Unfortunately it took loosing a really good size Yellowtail that would have made it a 4 Yellow day, to learn that leason.
Still, a 3 fish day is impressive. Live and learn.
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