The spin ....

[Ketchn]

one old rod I really like has been hammering for around 10 years .
its a 1 pc. 7 footer and light as feather and fast as can be .
lots of backbone and one of my favorite spring flingers .
I have replaced the rod tip so many times I lost count .
not because of breakage , but because of the darn ceramics coming out .
so I went with bronze the last time and it is hanging in there .
this week it gave up and starting spinning around on the tip .
not sure what I glued it with the last time ,but it gave up too.
told myself to park her and fix it later .
grabbed her yesterday for some long casting and forgot about the tip .
first cast KABOOM big male crappie and it was on just like that .
next big fish I lost , then yet another and something just didn't seem right .
It took me a bit to remember the spinning rod tip .
kept using it instead of going back to the truck and getting another one .........
second BIG mistake ....hooked a super fish and she came to the top ...
lost my breath when I saw her and went oh my golly its a for sure monster crappie .
rod tip spun a bit again ,causing a moment of slack and just like that she was gone
less than ready gear will cause you to lose a big crappie , just saying
and silly me knows better , darn the bad luck ....
sure wanted to hold her ,looked like a garbage can lid when she rolled up on top .
won't forget that one for a while for sure

[SuperDave336]

[DockShootinJack]

Tackle failure surely happens at the worst possible times

[Ketchn]

no doubt my friend , ding dong for sure , I so wanted to ketch that fish , you just don't know .

[Ketchn]

Tackle failure surely happens at the worst possible times

and in the world of the ever elusive crappie fish it is without any doubt going to cause you to ketch less than a desirable amount of them .

[DockShootinJack]

For me it is usually the knot I failed to retie aftera bought with a good sized slimer. Or the jighead that has been pull out from dock structre so many times it could be used at a metallurgical conference on metal fatigue.

[Ketchn]

For me it is usually the knot I failed to retie aftera bought with a good sized slimer. Or the jighead that has been pull out from dock structre so many times it could be used at a metallurgical conference on metal fatigue.

a nick or 2 in the line can spell disaster for sure , but a fail when reeling in any way is pretty often the end of the capture .
the slightest of slack in your line with a crappie on is quite often a recipe for see ya later ....

[BobC]

Tackle failure surely happens at the worst possible times

There is no doubt that this is a truism. It rarely fails to happen, and that is a bitter lesson!
Bob

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

It's not the ones you catch but the fish you lose that you remember. Lost a giant crappie a few years ago when the ant-reverse went out on the hook set and I didn't have my hand on the handle giving the fish plenty of time and slack to run under a log and break free. Lost two more last year that the hook pulled free that I got a good look at that were massive fish. Hope they are both still in the lake.

[DockShootinJack]

It's not the ones you catch but the fish you lose that you remember. Lost a giant crappie a few years ago when the ant-reverse went out on the hook set and I didn't have my hand on the handle giving the fish plenty of time and slack to run under a log and break free. Lost two more last year that the hook pulled free that I got a good look at that were massive fish. Hope they are both still in the lake.

That glimpse of that fish can haunt your dreams for a long time.