length of flyline from tip top vs length of leader and tippet
I am reading J. Gierach's book "Fishing Small Streams". I am having a hard time trying to understand the amount of fly line to cast a certain length tippet. If I have only a foot of fly line out I can cast a very short leader, but I am very close to my fishing spot. With 6-10 ft of fly line I can cast a longer leader but have a hard time getting the fly to place because of all the low limbs etc. Having trouble with the casts and drifts thanks freddyg
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When I fish on small streams I use the same 9' leader I use on bigger streams. I just never tried a shorter leader, but it works for me so that's what I do. As far as the length of the line outside the rod tip, it all depends. I generally put out enough to do the job. If there is no room for a backcast I employ the bow and arrow cast.
Dead fish don't make reel music.
Sounds like you are reading a book written by someone that reads books and doesn't actually .............FISH.
I have a sister that has become somewhat of an ornithologist(bird watcher). She writes me and tells me that the behavior of a peregrine falcons she has been following and observing for about 10 years is nothing like what is written in the books she reads about them.
I'm a believer in DOING and not reading(except for 'the basics').
With that said I was fishing the other night for bluegill and crappie. It was late and about to get dark so instead of adding tippet to the very short leader I had left after the last time I fished, I tied a fly to the rather thick leader section that was left on the now about 4-5 ft of leader.
I caught fish 'hand over fist'......about 40 blue gill and 20 crappie(including a 14" crappie) in about 1.5 hours.
We were told in Optometry school(or tested over and over) how to diagnose and treat bacterial conjunctivitis like we'd see it every week. Well, in 20+ years of practice I have NEVER seen one case of true bacterial conjunctivitis!
Believe what you SEE and DO and forget these "experts" that write books.
Good fishing technique trumps all.....wish I had it.
freddyg -
I suggest that you try furled leaders. Go to the "Search" function above, type in "furled leaders" and search for all threads.
When you get through enough information from the previous discussions of furled leaders to decide if you want to try them, let us know. Odds are that at least one BB member will send one along for a trial.
John
The fish are always right.
two words: furled leader.
"Some people fish their entire lives without realizing it's not the fish they're after."
use whatever length you are capable of handling under the situations you encounter. I don't even subscribe to the "leader to fly size" rule. Otherwise I'd be spending my time changing tippets for BH's, weighted nyphms, drys, streamers, etc. Just have fun doing it!
IF the leader is balanced right you should have no problem casting it no matter how long it is.
As mentioned above it might not work exactly according to the book....therefore experimentation is your best friend....without it you are only guessing.Originally Posted by freddyg
A perfect example is when I contracted bacterial conjunctivitis....
I couldn't find a single optometrist to correctly diagnose or treat it for the longest time because they only spent time reading about it and never doing any hands on research.
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