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Old 05-16-2018, 06:39 AM
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JSad
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Originally Posted by kodiakhuntmaster
I found out bluegill was illegal to bowfish for here so I had to go with catfish.



Since then I found an old Bohning lightning " hand" reel in the attic I didn' t even know I had[]. I like it alot better than my homemade one. I also got a pair of real arrows and safety slides. I also got some 200# test fastflight line. It all only cost me about 14 bucks to upgrade and now my gear works twice as good.
I don't like the 200# test for reels.....I assume they fixed the old problems I had with the 808's but I still remember too many arrows coming back at me. I like that line for the bottle reels, but not for the fishing reel type set ups. Besides, I found the lighter line shoots faster and farther, and I have taken more than a few carp and 20 plus yards with my 41 pound recurve, by switching from the 80 lb they recommended at the time to a 45 pound braided dacron catfish line.
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