Ya if I palmed a fish at this stage in the game I'd just be leaving it with jewlery. I'm not that good...heck I was happy enough just to hook a few. I think Lance is going to come down and pin some soon.
Shad are a BLAST on the fly rod when they are around. Allan and i got into a bunch on the CT river a few years back on the fly rods. Good times on a 5wt lol
I think you’re backwards low, but I am complete newbie to the long rod so I could be mistaken. I recently ordered some tippet, and I believe 3x is stronger than 5x. I believe the 0x has the thickest diameter, and decreases in diameter as you go up to 1x,2x and so on.
Whos backwards Mike? Me or you...coulda sworn my 3x was 3.5lb and the 5x is 5lb. Then again I am literally dyslexic so those types of things allude me.
I did that one year but I used Ande instead of big game. Results were fine.
I know several guys who target large pike through the ice and they use 100+lb mono. At that point I don't know why they don't use steel but after seeing the results I don't question their methods.