09-09-2019, 03:52 PM
I'm glad you figured out the problem. I had a similar issue on Saturday morning. I had rigged up a shallow running crank bait on my ultralight for the troll out of the harbor. I was hoping to catch a white or two on the way out. I gave it a little flip next to the dock and the lure and 3 feet of nanofil just fell in the water by the boat. I got my arm wet above the elbow, but I save the lure.
I made the bad assumption that something else had frayed the line, so I redied it while we cruised toward the harbor mouth (in the dark). I got it retied by about 2/3's of the way out and tossed the crank toward the rocks. It went out about 10 feet and twang! the line broke again. This time I couldn't reach the lint in time and it sank. (I almost cried, it was hand painted by TD)
I put the light on the rod tip and sure enough the tip guide had two cracks in the lining. Someone a bit clumsy had apparently stepped on it[
] I retired that rod for the day and glued on a new tip when I got home.
I still haven't figured out how to fix the clumsy guy that stepped on it though!
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I made the bad assumption that something else had frayed the line, so I redied it while we cruised toward the harbor mouth (in the dark). I got it retied by about 2/3's of the way out and tossed the crank toward the rocks. It went out about 10 feet and twang! the line broke again. This time I couldn't reach the lint in time and it sank. (I almost cried, it was hand painted by TD)
I put the light on the rod tip and sure enough the tip guide had two cracks in the lining. Someone a bit clumsy had apparently stepped on it[
] I retired that rod for the day and glued on a new tip when I got home.I still haven't figured out how to fix the clumsy guy that stepped on it though!
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