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other good jerk or two will follow and the fish will really 

 start to take the line. Tuker usually lets them run 400 to 500 

 feet, sometimes as much as 700, before striking. I usually hit 

 them when they are at high speed— when about 250 feet of 

 the fast running line has spun off the spool. 



This is the only modification I make in the system until the 

 instant the fish is hooked or presumably hooked. There are 

 four or five other typical ways for the fish to act after its 

 original hit. Sometimes the line will start running off fast 

 without slowing down and there will never be that pause 

 that is so important to wait for. When this happens to me I 

 usually let about 500 feet of line spin off and then strike. 

 Sometimes 250 feet is enough. Occasionally there is nothing 

 but a series of jerks with only the shortest pauses in between. 

 If this is the case I let the fish go about 800 feet before strik- 

 ing— 500 at least. It is a dangerous situation when a fish acts 

 this way because of the likeKhood of backlashes and having 

 the reel overrun. 



Preventative measures can be taken with the right hand 

 while the line is pulled out with the left, for it is never well 

 to put too much pressure on the spool with the right hand 

 if you can avoid it. Be sure your gloves are wet. 



Another time you may get the slow run after the strike, 

 the pause will follow— and then the jerk sequence develops. 

 If the fish acts like this I would give him 300 or 400 feet after 

 the wait. Still another thing he may do is to give a great 

 many quick pulls such as I have described happens a great 

 deal with small fish in Peru— and there may be so many 

 pauses that you won't know which is the important one. 

 Some of the pulls will be runoffs to as much as 1 00 feet, and 



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