Originally Posted by
DonF
Back in the late 60's I was stationed in Germany. We had base ponds for fishing but all they stocked was trout. I had a Mitchell 308 on a Mitchell 3206 rod and used 4# line to fish with. Found some stuff in the base exchange called Crystal sewing thread and tried it out, being stupid, and the stuff worked on the smaller fish. Try selling the hook on a 10" to 12" fish and you'd break the line. Had a lot of fun with that stuff over there but have not looked for it here. My favorite crappie rod is a very small Ocuma UL on a 5' Ocuma UL rod rated for 1/32 to 3/16oz lure's and have SOS 2# line on it. Took a long time to find the line. Had to go to the valley to find it, 150mi one way! The rod is rated for 1-4# line but I have never seen 1# line other than that Crystal thread.