Big Mama on light spinning
Another visit to Brzegi early in the morning. I took with me my new spinning rod (Team Dragon HM-X Trout 2,45m 2-14 g). My main target was rainbow trout, so I used small crankbaits and silicone "twisters" on the light jig head. There was a lot of trout jumping. I approached it with the fly rod and dry fly. No reaction from fish. Then I switched to spinning. I attached a hot pink twister, which barely resembles an earthworm. Another cast, and twister landed somewhere in the deep water. The line landed on the water in the arc shape. I didn't feel the fish, because of this line arc. But I noticed that line started to move to the side, without my intervention. I started to crank the reel. Fish! It wasn't heavy in the beginning. But soon, I figured out that fish is big and too heavy for my tackle. It made few powerful runs to the nearest water lily thickets. I was afraid that fish will snag on the grass. Then I saw big, fat body. This is pike, ...