Originally Posted By: westcoastpinhead
if there not much bak at your hole than wear waders

I find Depends works pretty well for that too.

Originally Posted By: westcoastpinhead
And landing them isn't as hard as you'd think, just practice

Yeah, I keep telling myself, if I keep at this long enough I'm bound to get the hang of it one day.

One place practice hasn't seemed to help much though is landing a fish with a long limber rod out of a drift boat. Especially in current or when solo, which I seem to do a fair amount. The only thing worse than trying to bring a fish to net with a 13'+ rod and CP (or fly) reel in a DB is trying to row to shore on your own to land and release a fish with only a clicker for drag.

I suppose bait casting reels do have some advantages after all. wink

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