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    Mr. Juracek told me he did not see the fly...

    Mr. Juracek told me he did not see the fly dragging either with the 5X tippet so he used the 6Xr tippet to correct for the drag.

    Think of all the specialty casts and mends there are. The reach...
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    Micro drag is invisible to us because of the...

    Micro drag is invisible to us because of the fishing conditions at that time. It is not invisible to the fish.

    Fish strike a fly for various reasons. The two major types of feeding are...
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    Still water is a different situation. The fish...

    Still water is a different situation. The fish has a long time to inspect the fly from very close up with essentially no energy expenditure for additional time spent. Nor does the fish have to...
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    Read about George Harvey's experiment that led...

    Read about George Harvey's experiment that led George Harvey to design the George Harvey leader.

    Here is a quotation from Harvey's Techniques of Trout Fishing and Fly Tying, revised edition, pages...
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    What other advantages are you referring to?

    What other advantages are you referring to?
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    Fluorocarbon tippets are less visible ONLY when...

    Fluorocarbon tippets are less visible ONLY when they are sunken and not when they are floating. When fishing a dry fly, we most often have the tippet float. A floating tippet is noticeable NOT...
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    Allan, You have asked not one but 3 questions....

    Allan,

    You have asked not one but 3 questions.

    The first is whether micro drag exist or is BS. To that I answer an unequivocal, YES, microdrag exists. For me there cannot be any other answer....
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