Great to see you Steve in another video! You mentioned that many of the tuna caught have been of the larger variety. I am a witness to this, so my advice is, don't bring a knife to a gun fight! A thirty pound flyline setup won't get the job done. You will get smoked by these larger tuna.😢
Hey Steve, I just got a penn fathom || 80. I put it on the same penn rod you showed in this video. The problem is the reel clamp won't fit the rod. Which clamp did you use? Thanks for all your videos
The clamp won't fit snugly, but it does fit, though indeed with a bit of a gap, but works fine. It is the stock clamp in this video. If you want a snug fit with no gap, any aftermarket clamp made for the 12VSX or 12VISX should fit. I have also occasionally used the stock clamp to the 12VSX.
Hey Steve, so you are using a mono and fluoro top shot. For the past few years I've been skipping the mono and using only 10-15' of Seagaur pink #130 fluoro (abrasion resistance). I guess I'm paranoid of too many knot connections. What do you think?
Not a bad idea when the bluefin are less than 150 pounds, and you may get more bites because the jig swims better. When they get bigger than that, the 200-pound bite leader becomes more important. You still have to tie [or crimp] your 130 to the terminal end. Unless something really goes wrong, the 200 pound is not likely to fail.
Great channel Steve! Like Mike Tyson says," Everybody has a plan until that 200 LB. tuna bites"
Steve always with the best advice! Thanks Steve
Steve is awesome, great info from him as always.
Great to see you Steve in another video! You mentioned that many of the tuna caught have been of the larger variety. I am a witness to this, so my advice is, don't bring a knife to a gun fight! A thirty pound flyline setup won't get the job done. You will get smoked by these larger tuna.😢
Feel free to ask follow up questions.
Hey Steve, I just got a penn fathom || 80. I put it on the same penn rod you showed in this video. The problem is the reel clamp won't fit the rod. Which clamp did you use? Thanks for all your videos
The clamp won't fit snugly, but it does fit, though indeed with a bit of a gap, but works fine. It is the stock clamp in this video. If you want a snug fit with no gap, any aftermarket clamp made for the 12VSX or 12VISX should fit. I have also occasionally used the stock clamp to the 12VSX.
Hey Steve, so you are using a mono and fluoro top shot. For the past few years I've been skipping the mono and using only 10-15' of Seagaur pink #130 fluoro (abrasion resistance). I guess I'm paranoid of too many knot connections. What do you think?
Not a bad idea when the bluefin are less than 150 pounds, and you may get more bites because the jig swims better. When they get bigger than that, the 200-pound bite leader becomes more important. You still have to tie [or crimp] your 130 to the terminal end. Unless something really goes wrong, the 200 pound is not likely to fail.