. I don’t know why I even try .
Maybe I should say bi-annual , because once or sometimes twice a year I’ll get out one of my , so designated, BFS combos and give it another try .
Today it was a 5’6” Abu Garcia Mass Beat III UL casting rod paired with a Daiwa Fuego CT100H reel spooled with six pound P-line .
Anything lower test line gets behind the spool too easily . Maybe I should try 8# .
Anyways , I tied on a 2.5g spoons and went to the end of the driveway to cast across the street . The most open area I have.
After a few successful 25’ casts at the magnetic brake set on ten , I started loosening up the brake on the next the handle to where the spoon slowly drops to the ground without a backlash. And I started backing off on the magnetic brake to where I hit my goal around 4 .
I made about three successful casts out to maybe 50-60’ .
I’m getting frogging now . .
I cranked my spoon a little too close to the rod tip and on the next cast the hook caught the eye or rod and without a thumb on the spool ,I had a mess that wound up having to be cut out .
The backlash is cleared , the line threaded back through the guides and the brakes and drag are backed off , the rod is ready for the rod rack for another six months or so .
BFS , I don’t get it . But I keep trying hoping one day a lightbulb will appear over my head and it’ll all click .