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Subject: [TowerTalk] Putting a wire into Trees
From: rrossi@btv.ibm.com (Ronald D Rossi)
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 13:52:00 -0500
>>>"Madison R. Jones" said:
>... 
> I have been using this method with great success for some while.  BE
> AWARE, HOWEVER, there is an element of risk: if the line snags in the
> vicinity of the reel, there is an extreme liklihood that your sinker (or
> whatever you use to provide momentum to the line) will come zinging back
> at approximately the same speed as it initially went out.  Depending
>...

My 10# test line generally allows the weight to continue merrily along its way!

The other gotcha is when sighting having your cheek in the path of the 
speeding 3/8" socket (in my case). Just grazed me, but it sure did sting. The 
fishing line still went about 30' though!

-- 
73 de KK1L...ron (rrossi@btv.ibm.com) <><
QTH: Swanton, Vermont
My wife's page: http://www.together.net/~larossi



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