by RoryH » Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:57 pm
I bought a new rod and reel recently, fitted the reel with 19lb mono, no shock leader. Fished for about 6 hours today. The rod and reel worked lovely, casting 4oz weights handy enough. I wasn’t casting with 100% power but it seemed like the line was taking it okay. Moved spot, a couple of miles down the road. After my second cast, same weight, as I would reel up the slack to begin the cast, the line would snap halfway up the rod. The line wasn’t caught on the tip or anything else. I tied up again, went to reel in slack, snapped again (happened another time also). I changed my reel, with 25 or 30lb braid which is probably 2 years old now. Same thing happened immediately. Would it be coincidence that the mono could be split or weakened, and old braid just snapping, or would it be something with the rod that I’m missing. Any help would be appreciated, made an awful prick of a nice evening haha