3 minutes ago, Darren. said:

Yessiree, you've had a MOAB. Scissors are your friend there.

Gotta hate those trees and such behind you when you least

expect them to be there.

I usually look behind me but it was a school and I was so excited to catch more.  Instead I had one setup with me in Florida and silly me forgot to bring my back up reel.  Instead I couldn't catch anymore.  I was bummed!

Just now, lmbfisherman said:

I usually look behind me but it was a school and I was so excited to catch more.  Instead I had one setup with me in Florida and silly me forgot to bring my back up reel.  Instead I couldn't catch anymore.  I was bummed!

 

C'est la vie.

 

One reason I like to stage my rods laying down in

front of me in my kayak. I inevitably catch one of

them sitting in the crate behind me.

2 hours ago, new2BC4bass said:

 

I don't know how it works, but I have had backlashes that weren't anywhere near that bad, yet I had to pull all the line off the spool to clear all the loops out.

 

I know what you mean, you pull out all the big loops and then there's just as many smaller ones that have to be pulled out

Been there, done that...

got a similar looking back lash out last year, took an hour and a half, but i saved my 4 bucks worth of line >.>

OP if you want a little trick to stop those really bad backlashes I got it. Spool your line up and take your rod&reel to the backyard or local park or lake. Bring with you a roll of scotch tape (also called clear tape). Make a cast and pull off about 30 or 40 more feet then put a piece of scotch tape where the line meets the spool. It will stop backlashes from going any further than the tape and if you need to move the tape just pull it off and pull 30 or 40 more feet of line off and put the same piece of tape back where the line meets the spool. Trust me it works. 

I can do that! Time after time after time! And I don't even need help from the local flora. I just forget to turn all those little wheelie thingies on the sides off my reel when I change lures.