Wind and Braid don’t mix

[gillchaser999]

Storm came through early this morning leaving some gusty winds .
I took a couple of combos, both loaded with Daiwa J braid to the local docks that was pretty busy being Sunday .
A lot of families.
A 5’ Rosewood ULF and the 5’6” Littma UL whippy rod I just received this past week .
Reels were an old Sienna 500 and Shimano Nasci 500 .

First fish , I had an issue with the Nasci 500 . Even with a six inch gill , the Nasci was almost impossible to reel . I knew it had issues , but didn’t remember it being this bad . Without a load , it’s as smooth as can be , put a load on it , it binds up .
Two casts later I threw a birds nest through the guides . I removed my micro spinner and swivel and just wound the whole mess up on the spool .
Back to the parts box with this Nasci .
I swapped reels for a few casts because I wanted to see if the braid would bring out any sensitivity the Littma rod might have .
No such luck . The only way to detect a bite was to watch the rod tip .

The Sienna wasn’t without issues with the braid .
A few casts went short and thought it was the wind stopping it in midair , but it turns out, the braid was digging in on the spool .
Several times I had the braid wrap around the rod tip .
I finished up my 75 minute trip with the Rosewood/Sienna combo .
I caught 17 bluegills from 3-6”:. I’ll take that under the conditions.
But I missed my Floroclear.