Hi Larry, I just arrived from fishing in el tomo river in colombia. I fished with luis rincon (who happened to be your guide when you fished there)...fishing was great. Biggest fish on the boat was a 19 pounder. Got many fish over 15 pounds.
I lost the biggest peacock I have hooked in my life to an open hook (it was a marine lures TNT woodchopper, that they make in brazil)...
I lost some other big fish and was wandering if it had to do with the drag settings of my curado 301. I don´t know if I had too strong a drag setting. I didn´t seem to have the issue of loosing fish with the curado 201 (wich can not stop a big peacock from going into the bush).
I like to bring fish in fast for realising purposes by mantainging a strong drag setting. After loosing some big fish by what I guess was literaly ripping the bait out or their mouths I tryed loosening the drag after the fish was hooked and away from cover. I lost some big fish this way too.
I didn´t used to think so much about the drag settings prior to loosing so many big fish...Do you think it had something to do with it?
I used owner 2x hooks (4x hooks don´t seem to penetrate that well in my experience). I guess I need some imput on the subject to get my confidence back. By the end of the trip I dind´t know what drag setting to use anymore.
I hope you can help...
Andrés Botero
Medellin
Colombia