Ghost drag and Redfin at Jubilee

[PDXSerric]

Gathered the troupe and headed out to Lake Jubilee in Daylesford to take advantage of the first warm morning for a while. Redfin breaching everywhere... but no bites. Made worse that,a s I have braided line and did not put on backer line, I had a bad case of ghost drag and my rod was useless this trip.

For those who don't know, ghost drag is when your line slips off your reel regardless of whatever drag you have set because it doesn't "bite". Braided line is apparently nefarious with this so a word to the wise: if you want to use braid put about 1/4 reel of mono on first then use a blood knot and tie on your braid... this should avoid the issue in the future.

Good lesson to learn. Wish I knew it before I put the braid on lol.

Anyway, ended up with one fish (using the bro's rod while he had a smoke). Caught a nice reddie on a tassie devil. It struck just as I was about to lift the lure out of the water, 2 feet from me. Good times.

[Lightningx]

Nice Redfin mate. Good stuff :thumbsup:

[Basti]

a few wraps of mono will do, no need for 1/4 spool. or use a layer of electrical tape for the braid to bite

[Tonyzee]

Could have respooled the reel while you were watching everyone else catch fish?

[purple5ive]

a few wraps of mono will do, no need for 1/4 spool. or use a layer of electrical tape for the braid to bite

yep spot on
few winds of the handle with mono line is all you need.
or use electrical tape or the clear sticky tape on the spool prior to winding braid on.

[PDXSerric]

Could have respooled the reel while you were watching everyone else catch fish?

Could have? Yes. Felt like it? No. LOL Knowing that the Bro-in-law would break for smokos and my wife would "get tired" I had plenty of rods to use.

[PDXSerric]

a few wraps of mono will do, no need for 1/4 spool. or use a layer of electrical tape for the braid to bite

yep spot on
few winds of the handle with mono line is all you need.
or use electrical tape or the clear sticky tape on the spool prior to winding braid on.

Yeah, that's exactly what I did last night. Put on enouigh mono to cover the spinnerette then tied on my braid with a blood knot. Should be fine now...

On a side note, we noticed a lot of reddies breaching the surface but only that one took the lure... has anyone tried poppers or another surface lure? I was thinking of using soft plastics and burley next time... I've heard that floud, bread and strawberry essence mixed with water seems to get their interest. Anyone have any luck with something like that?