Fall Fishing, a New Line, and a Nice Surprise

[StantheMan2567]

Made a rare Fall trip to the big pond on Friday in the boat. Usually in a tree stand this time of year, I ventured out to try a new line that has been getting good reviews on this website lately.
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The Blue Moon Fluorocarbon by Varivas is a new line for me and has been both Slab and Trout Magnet Man approved. Spooled on a Daiwa Luvias 1003 I set out to find some deep Fall bluegill.
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It didn’t take long to find them on the Electronics, stacked up they were.
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In the Fall you never know what you might tangle with as many fish are moving and feeding up for the coming winter.
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Ick, this big school of fish contained some slimy old whisker fish that were hungry, pass on them I will.
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The next few fish were more of what I was after, nothing big but still fun. The new line was not as I expected, poor casting distance and line rod slap issues. I put the rod in the box after several casts and decided to investigate the reason for the poor performance later. So when I got home I realized I missed the third guide eye when I strung it up and that was causing the issues. Ok so let’s try this again. Varivas makes a quality product I am certain of that much, and when properly outfitted on good equipment I would expect a quality performance. So today I strung the line up properly and took off to the lake for an afternoon bank trip.
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Much better, after a few casts I stuck my first victim. Gills cannot resist buggy looking lures and their peck peck was felt easily through the fluorocarbon line.
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They are such a pretty fish. Several small ones fell victim to the creek bugs, no more line issues were had the remainder of the evening.
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I also caught several small bass and when I landed this one I noticed the stick in front of me looked like a rod….
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By George it was a baitcast rod and reel that had been lost this year. I wiped it off a little bit and upon investigation it was a Lews reel with a Cashion Rod. It still had a Texas rigged bait on it and it even casted. Big mistake there on my part as I was showered with lake water and dirty moss from the spool, but it worked. It will be cleaned up and given away most likely. Again, not really a Fall fisherman but the second trip out with the new fluorocarbon was fun, I look forward to using this line more in the future. Enjoy.
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