>see a red cruising along a grass line >perfect cast in front of it >it bites>set hook >lol forgot to set drag >non existent hookset and it gets off as soon as it was on Why am I a retard
So far I've caught two catfish (gayyy), a dink trout, a sea robin (pretty cool), and killed a 12 pack. Gonna go eat then cruise the beach and try to catch something else.
>>1284562Let the rod do the work
>>1284511>If I had one painted and wrote a different name on it (maybe some obscure Japanese rod company so you could feel more elitists having a rod no one else had) you wouldn't fucking no the difference. You're just a try hard elitistYou could tell how by heavy it is alone. It's not as good as other rods and you shouldn't pretend like it is.
>>1284482I don't think it matters that much either. I just like it all to match because of autism.
>>1284385I have the same rod. You just have to be super careful when you cast. Don't try to force it out there.