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Re: Skipping docks [Re: CowboyVet] #12731918 04/26/18 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted By: CowboyVet
It also helps to ill the spool only half way until you get the habg of it. The main thing that helped me was using a rod with a good tip.


I have been using a GLX 853 but I had a Tatula (I think it was made for drop shots or shakey heads) that had a crazy good tip but I sold it. That was perfect. Aldebaran is the reel.

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Re: Skipping docks [Re: npl_texas] #12732178 04/26/18 07:44 PM
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Best practice I've found is from the diving board at a swimming pool. It's basically like the deck of a boat.

Re: Skipping docks [Re: Okie Poke] #12732385 04/26/18 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted By: Okie Poke
I got the opportunity once to fish an Open with Todd Castledine on Lew. It was absolutely amazing how that dude could skip docks. I just sat there in awe and watched. He was using a spinning reel with light braid. I still wake up with hot flashes thinking about that day.


I fished with him on Rayburn and NAC, man that dude can skip anything under docks.

Re: Skipping docks [Re: npl_texas] #12732477 04/27/18 12:29 AM
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Good info

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