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Now that I have been fishing with BFS I fight myself to use my normal rods that work curtain baits better. When using my regular stuff, it's like is this rod even going to bend on a hookup (They do). The BFS stuff has helped my tired hands and the fights are so much more fun. It's my new norm.

Dfishin wrote: Fri Aug 08, 2025 6:37 pm Now that I have been fishing with BFS I fight myself to use my normal rods that work curtain baits better. When using my regular stuff, it's like is this rod even going to bend on a hookup (They do). The BFS stuff has helped my tired hands and the fights are so much more fun. It's my new norm.

Haha yep it sucks all right. It sucks because it's so much more fun. It sucks because it's so much less tiring. It sucks because not only have I caught some of my biggest fish on it, but my overall numbers are way up too. It sucks because they have come up with so many cool baits, some of which actually present a larger profile while still remaining light in weight allowing you to still target big fish. if you hate these things I'd avoid BFS for sure.