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    Arrow On the subject of tippet length and line color ....

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    .... I'm going to start a new thread on the FAOL Forum, and will link it here when it is done.

    John
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    Quote Originally Posted by WarrenP View Post
    John,

    You are right. I was thinking nymph/streamer fishing since that is my style and never gave a thought that you were dry fly fishing where the shorter tippet and thread leaders would work just fine.

    Take care....
    Warren -

    Follow the link for the results of fishing a nymph off a very short tippet.

    http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/s...109#post447109
    The fish are always right.

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    The fish are always right.

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    That's taking things to the limit. I think we can mark this myth BUSTED.
    Tenkara Bum

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    Lightbulb Out exploring today ...

    ... 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" Tenkara line / leader in my chest pack, so I could just tie it to the tip of my rod, add some tippet, tie on a dry fly, and go fishing.

    Well, the creek didn't offer any opportunity to try it. So I went and made an opportunity, here ....



    This guy wasn't very happy with the way I rigged up ....



    Just to prove it wasn't a fluke ....



    ... and notice that the length of the tippet is about 9" long.

    Had one other trout go for the fly, but I pulled the trigger a bit too soon and missed him.

    John
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    When I was first experimenting with fixed line fly fishing I tried that, tying a furled leader to the tip of a 9' fly rod. It worked. As I remember it, though, the fish I caught were a lot smaller than those.
    Tenkara Bum

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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 apart, with the tip end headed on downstream with the fishy while I stood on the bank holding the butt end. The ferrules on the rod are really tight, so that was not at all likely to happen, but if it did ......

    John
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    [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 apart, with the tip end headed on downstream with the fishy while I stood on the bank holding the butt end. The ferrules on the rod are really tight, so that was not at all likely to happen, but if it did ......

    John]

    John -- Here is an equation that furnishes yet another reason for using a telescoping rod a la tenkara, tanago, etc: No ferrules = no losing of rod sections due to strong tippets. ~Paul
    Last edited by Paul Arnold; 06-24-2012 at 12:05 AM. Reason: misspelled word

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    If you choose to use a regular fly rod style you could use electrical tape to hold the sections together. This is also a trick spey and switch rod users employ to keep there rods from coming apart. Here is a nice video showing a New Oni Rod being tested.



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