Jerry, Your problem is that your trout is too small. D&R, Dr. D
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Goldsmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 8:25 PM Subject: [VFB] Line control and Large Arbor Reels Listers, I am wondering about line control when trout fishing on rivers with current. I noticed when I was retrieving line after catching a trout this past week, I frequently got all messed up when the trout would start running into the line that I had been hand retrieving. It made for quite a mess. Even worse, after releasing the trout, my line would be way down stream and tangled. It was a major pain to get the line untangled and then back in place so I could cast again. Eventually, I started to get every fish on the reel. I mostly used the "slap the reel" method to get the line back on the reel and once I got caught up, I simply played and landed the fish using the reel. I am quite used to doing this , because most of my saltwater fish are landed on the reel. It dawned on me that a large arbor reel would get the line back on the reel more quickly. So, I have two questions: 1. How do you land a fish on a river with current ? If you do not use the reel, how do you control the excess line. 2. If you do use a reel, is it a large arbor? Thanks, JG Jerry Goldsmith Altamonte Springs, Fl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
