Worth Punching?

[TnRiver46]

I’ve never tried punching, I don’t like heavy lures/weights for some reason. I feel like a giant idiot throwing the Alabama rig too 

[NoShoes]

18 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Looking forward to getting my hands on it. I'm hoping it has the tip to pitch 3/8 and 1/2 as well as the big stuff. I fish a lot of nasty wood tangles and like to get back in the thick of them. Finding a rod with enough tip and enough backbone to pull em out has been a challenge. My 7-10 H MF SLX does a great job, but it's heavy. Grinding all day with that beast is a workout. Hoping the 766 can take over all around pitching duties, and just use the SLX for punching.

You know I bought it to punch, but I’m thinking it’ll be used more for the purpose you describe. There were a couple lay downs this weekend that I should’ve got into rather than just the outside. 
 

what pound line are you planning on running on it?  I’d like to leave the 65 lb braid I got on it, probably would be fine. 

[T-Billy]

6 hours ago, NoShoes said:

You know I bought it to punch, but I’m thinking it’ll be used more for the purpose you describe. There were a couple lay downs this weekend that I should’ve got into rather than just the outside. 
 

what pound line are you planning on running on it?  I’d like to leave the 65 lb braid I got on it, probably would be fine. 

I'll be running 40# 832 on it. Great stuff. I fished chunk rock and lay downs all day last Saturday and by the end of the day it was just barely starting to get fuzzy in front of the sinker. I rarely have to retie more than once a day when fishing rock, even with 30# on other rods. I've had a couple big flatheads eat my T rig recently and wrap me up in the timber. No way I can break that 40# with my rod. I wrapped it around my plier handle to break it, and it cut through the hard plastic, right down to the steel shank before it broke.

 

I'd give that 65# a whirl for awhile If I were you. Y'all have some giants in your neck of the woods. If you feel like it's costing you bites drop down to 40 or 50. I've come to the conclusion that we anglers are more line shy than the fish. I've  fished 40 in 10' visibility and have noticed no drop off in bites vs mono. All but two of my casting rods have straight braid these days, and I don't see that changing. 

 

 

[NoShoes]

3 hours ago, T-Billy said:

I'll be running 40# 832 on it. Great stuff. I fished chunk rock and lay downs all day last Saturday and by the end of the day it was just barely starting to get fuzzy in front of the sinker. I rarely have to retie more than once a day when fishing rock, even with 30# on other rods. I've had a couple big flatheads eat my T rig recently and wrap me up in the timber. No way I can break that 40# with my rod. I wrapped it around my plier handle to break it, and it cut through the hard plastic, right down to the steel shank before it broke.

 

I'd give that 65# a whirl for awhile If I were you. Y'all have some giants in your neck of the woods. If you feel like it's costing you bites drop down to 40 or 50. I've come to the conclusion that we anglers are more line shy than the fish. I've  fished 40 in 10' visibility and have noticed no drop off in bites vs mono. All but two of my casting rods have straight braid these days, and I don't see that changing. 

 

 

Giants are supposed to be here...  me finding them on the other hand....

 

I think the 65 has the equivalent diameter of 16 lb line, a lot of dudes flip with 20 lb fluoro so it shouldn’t cost me any bites.