"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
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"daytripper" wrote in message
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Otherwise - and someone will torch me for this, for sure - but I suggest
you
consider a better reel than the venerable 1495 where you're planning on
going.

/daytripper (your reel-hand knuckles will thank you later....)

.......no urge to torch you, but I have landed a few decent
fish over the years on a 1495. A little tinkering with the cork
pads(someone else did the job for me, or I would post better details), and
the thing will stop a train. Or, at
least it effectively stopped a running, 45 pound hound mix chasing a
tennis ball, when I tested the beefed-up drag
before a salmon/steelhead trip.g
Tom
p.s. what knuckle pain? Pfft!


Tom,

W--ow, there's a sory there isn't there? Was the drag-hound test
intentional? Did it work? If so I might try it before the salmon start
running this fall.

Jeremy Moe