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Originally Posted by RavYak
Obviously the line was tangled up, drag too tight or reel frozen up. Size of fish doesn't matter as long as drag works like it should and isn't set too tight.
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My line is never “tangled up”, it wasn’t frozen up, and I explained how the drag was set perfect. It had caught a fish no more than an hour ago.
Either the line at the rod tip got looped, or it snagged up on the JJ’s loop.
And the size of the fish clearly has a factor. A perch isn’t gonna flip the whole contraption. Even when the line loops around just before the last eye, it only adds drag.
As good as the JJ is, it couldn’t be more cheaply made. I mean it doesn’t need to be titanium, but some mass would make it much more stable. Slightest bit of water can effect the trigger, and the hole is wide open to freeze up.
And some form of securement for the rod would have given me enough time to save it. If your using a light rod and low drag, you may as well be using a tip up almost.