Nope, I just get the distinct sense Evan tends to be "grocery focused" when he does a tuna run. I prefer sticking with bugsticks, but there's something about jig rod carnage that's hard to explain.It's almost like you're dissing on non-gear-competent, barfing seat filler.
I no longer try to explain. I just do it and have the best time. Also groceries.
There's still a rod or two on board for jumpers and kelp paddies.
I have not acquired the handline taste and not sure I will. I do still run them on some days the box is filling up slowly. It saved the trip a few times last year, but still try to avoid it if I can. On red hot days, they don't get pulled out.I really enjoy this thread even though I have zero desire to catch one on a fly rod. We are now entirely grocery focused and have evolved/reverted to hand lines. At 67, I'm the youngest on our crew by a long shot and after 25 or so years of chasing West Coast albacore, we just enjoy being together (and the groceries). It also avoids arguments over who's turn it is to reel a fish in.
I tend to lob flat falls quite a bit. I can do that all day. That said, I should probably invest in a decent sniper outfit before I get too soft.
Coltsnipers and flat falls are about the same amount of work. The flatsides/speed jigs are the real burners. But yeah I agree, a coltsniper type should be do-able by most people no problem.
Probably a discussion for the dirtbag forum, but since we're on the topic.
A decent spin outfit to cast to jumper patches and rip surface iron.
Ah. Well, not even sure why I needed to specify as my anwer would be the same.
It’s graphite. You wouldn’t understand.
Geez and that ocean looks nice, too!
