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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Tackle & Techniques => Topic started by: Brook Ebzery on March 29, 2008, 05:08:41 PM

Title: spin rod harness
Post by: Brook Ebzery on March 29, 2008, 05:08:41 PM

Is there a spin rod harness and where can you get one?

Title: Re: spin rod harness
Post by: Brandon Khoo on March 29, 2008, 05:29:03 PM

Fisherman make a very expensive harness that is supposed to be good but I'm not convinced that they are that practical.

Title: Re: spin rod harness
Post by: Jon Li on March 29, 2008, 06:15:31 PM

Brandon ,

Don't put the harness holding the stem of the reel for it will break the reel , just ask Chris n Malcolm what happened to Pat's Saltiga in Sumba/Komodo trip in 2006 .

The harness should hold the rod at the foregrip but easily removed when the fish makes a sudden movement that will need you to remove the butt from the gimbal , this close contact fishing is quite different in schenario than fishing deepwater species where boat can move freely , in rock strewn areas , sometimes boat can't move freely to compensate the surgings of the fish .

Jon .