Chris -
It turned out just fine, as an experiment.
But there was one moment of alarm - when I realized that if I had hooked a really big fish it might have pulled the two sections of the rod...
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Chris -
It turned out just fine, as an experiment.
But there was one moment of alarm - when I realized that if I had hooked a really big fish it might have pulled the two sections of the rod...
... and while I was scouting a creek, it occured to me that I had left the reel in the car. Got to wondering what I would do if I found a spot to fish. Remembered that I had a bright orange 10'6"...
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/jfs_photo/Tippet%20length/P3150005_edited.jpg
Warren -
Follow the link for the results of fishing a nymph off a very short tippet.
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http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/jfs_photo/Tippet length/P3120014_edited.jpg
.... I'm going to start a new thread on the FAOL Forum, and will link it here when it is done.
John
Paul -
My "standard" furled leader is between 5'8" and 6' long. I can use the same one on line weights 3 to 7, although the 7 wt tends to overpower it. I put a shorb loop in the butt end of the...
... Chris.
I have used the same 3-4' tippet on a thread furled leader for nymphing smaller nymphs in shallower water, and even shorter tippet on occasion. I don't normally use that set up when...
... is really big and really deep. See for yourself, Warren. Just click on the pic.
http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/jfs_photo/Run off 2011/th_P9150063_edited.jpg
Virtually every fish...
May 7, 2011 I was fishing the Bitterroot, the last day it was fishable before runoff really kicked in, but it was still running clear. The last fish of the day was a wild and native cutthroat.
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