Originally Posted by
MontanaMoose
I'd never pull so hard as to risk breaking the tippet. For me that usually only happens when something is wrong with my setup. Let's say I'm using a 9ft. 9wt. with 0x tippet and while fishing for big buckets I somehow hook a 1lb. gill...I bet you the farm I can land it faster than someone with a 2wt and 0x tippet....now if I hook my new record bucket of 7lbs. or so I'll be able to make a much better effort at keeping it from diving into the weeds and wrapping me up than I would be able to with a 2 wt. and I haven't even tried it with a 2 wt. but I have with a 3wt. and it's just not nearly as easy.
Your version of physics makes sense of course Mr. Sanders, but applied physics when used in the fashion I'm used to actually works. If'n you've not tried a 2 and a 9 on a big bucket or big trout or steel in heavy current, you can't know from whence you speak.
I haven't tried it with a 2 but I have with a 3 and the 9 kicks it's butt, all else being equal, i.e. fly tippet, current/lack thereof etc. I do appreciate your great response though, so thanks, you made me thing it through again to talk myself into a 2 wt. being a better fish fighting tool than a 9wt. with the same tippet. It just ain't so.
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