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I very very rarely get broken off while spin fishing. It just doesn't happen. And I never broke off while fly fishing either until the last two days.
Of course... I've never landed a truly big fish on the fly.
The last two days I have been trying for bass on the fly. Had two strong hits, two successful hookups, and two breakoffs. One went to the air, then dove deep, then took off across the shore and broke me off.
The other I think was a catfish... Took the wooly bugger, dove down, fought horizontally (in relation to my position) and broke me off when I tried to pull him away from a shrub line.
I know it's more my lack of experience than anything, so let me tell you what I am doing and maybe you can help.
When retrieving, I am stripping line back, then blocking (holding) the line with my rod hand while reeling in slack with my left. Both breakoffs have occurred while trying to get excess line onto the spool/while tension is on the fish and the rod is loaded.
Do I need stronger tippet, or am I just using poor technique?
Of course... I've never landed a truly big fish on the fly.
The last two days I have been trying for bass on the fly. Had two strong hits, two successful hookups, and two breakoffs. One went to the air, then dove deep, then took off across the shore and broke me off.
The other I think was a catfish... Took the wooly bugger, dove down, fought horizontally (in relation to my position) and broke me off when I tried to pull him away from a shrub line.
I know it's more my lack of experience than anything, so let me tell you what I am doing and maybe you can help.
When retrieving, I am stripping line back, then blocking (holding) the line with my rod hand while reeling in slack with my left. Both breakoffs have occurred while trying to get excess line onto the spool/while tension is on the fish and the rod is loaded.
Do I need stronger tippet, or am I just using poor technique?