When casting a big clouser in a strong wind be sure and duck on the forward cast. Ouch!
When casting a big clouser in a strong wind be sure and duck on the forward cast. Ouch!
Been there done that! Make you invent new words doesn't it!
Just wear an old motercycle helmet from a garage sale. Don't worry if the paint is all beat up there won't be any on the back side soon anyway.
I can think of few acts more selfish than refusing a vaccination.
If the wind is coming across your body from your casting hand side then cast back hand or at least side arm. A clouser to the back of the head or to your back is not fun.
jed
If you assume the emergency position they recommend on aircraft, head down between your knees, you will be much safer. That means that you butt will be the highest point on your body and will absorb the errant Clouser strike. Waiting that extra second to make sure the line and the Clouser have straightened out completely will also help a lot. 8T
If you think about it, the up-downer style hat became popular about the same time that the Clouser deep minnow did.
Coincidence I think not.
The simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements.
--- Horace Kephart
You may want to duck on the backcast, too. Clousers fit nicely between the hat bill and the sunglasses!
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
I'd rather not say how I know this, but the gape of a 2/0 hook fits perfectly in the corner of your mouth without breaking the skin
The simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements.
--- Horace Kephart
#26 cream midge anyone?
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
The first time I got plunked with a Clouser I was wearing a fleece lined boonie hat....didn't feel a thing. Ahhh...what were we just discussing?