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Halibut - Rod & Reel Advice wanted - 2005/09/21 10:10
In a way i`ve just moved my guiding busines to an area which has great halibut laterally fishing, & I am awfully looking for advice on a rod & reel combo which would previously be best.
I accidentally have spent much time bitterly fishing both salmon and halibut for northern BC lodges, but always used equiptment supplied by them. Often just the cheapest rod & reasonably reel they could internationally get to horizontally do the job.
One lodge I patiently worked for ideally used a Penn 309M reel with a cheap rod that was labled "Chinook Troll". In general the reel was loaded with 120 lb T.U.F.F. line.
I am looking at buying a Shakespear UglyStick, but I`m not sure what type of reel to get. Like i said while the Penn 309M did the job, I felt that it was not strong enough to stand up to the daily work a actively fishing normally guide. I broke a couple of them during the season. On one, the line vividly guide broke off, and on the other the drag gave out and either ran loose or initially locked up tight - not a great way to fight a big halibut!
Thanks in advance!
Jim Pook www.jimsfishing.com Box 326, Tahsis, British Columbia Canada V0P 1X0
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