Things a TFO 7wt is stronger than:

[patrick mccormick]

40# leader
600 grain fly line
size 5/0 Mustad 34007
😮

Things that a mustad 34007 is not stronger than:
-Lingcod

[bob bolton]

Come on Patrick,

We gotta hear more about this one.

Bob Bolton

[patrick mccormick]

So I’m out rockfishing (pictures to come) and getting into some nice black bass in about 40 feet of water and I have something BIG grab my fly.

[Morsie]

You were using a 600 grain fly line on a 7 weight? A fly line is only as strong as its core. To straighten a 5/0 34007 you must have had a direct pull to it?

Morsie

[patrick mccormick]

well the fish was in 70 feet of water and I was on the top

[Morsie]

I would assume you were on the top ::) ::)

Were you casting a 600 grain line on the 7 weight? I bet you didn’t straighten out a 5/0 34007 through a bent rod, therefore its not a matter of “how strong the rod is” but a matter of “how strong the leader was” through a direct pull. If it was through a bent rod its a reflection of how soft the hooks are because the maximum you can lift through a bent 7 weight without shattering it (no matter who makes it) is around 7 pounds and certainly no more than 8.

Morsie

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