Long Distance Hook Sets?

alwaysfishking wrote:
Was out fishing early this morning. Grass was coming up all over the place
so time to fish some topwaters, and what better than a horny toad.

I wanted to cover a bunch of water and did so casting the heavy toad. A huge
explosion near the pads and a hook set, resulted in no fish. The fish had
the frog but it was way out there and the fish came off.

I was fishing 8lb mono but again distance was the reason I couldn't connect
with this fish. Any advice for hooksets at greater distances, or should I
just not be casting as far? Braid would not have made a difference, or at
least that's what I want to believe






Actually Randy, I believe Braid would have made a huge difference. With
zero stretch you would have made the connection. Also a longer rod
would have helped. Maybe you were already using a 7'+ rod. But with
long casts and loooonnnnnggg hooksets Braids really shine.

Of course that has been my experience. The stretch of mono with the
long distances usually puts you at a disadvantage.

Chris