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Post by GolfvsFishing on Oct 29, 2018 14:58:50 GMT -6
I had a nice time this past weekend, but Friday starting around 10 am, there were large groups of parents and kids to avoid. They were just hanging out, taking pics and stuff. I was a little frustrated with the entire group, dodging people as I made my way around the river. I also was annoyed when kids were chunking rocks into the river.
What was going on?
I had some success around rock pile, but suspect that I was not deep enough to reach some of the browns. I was using a 7.5 leader, with an indicator likely too high on the leader. My leader was 6x tapered. I lost a brown, suspect that 6X was too light, but not sure. Any thoughts on my tactics (and my rant! : ) )
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Post by slim on Oct 29, 2018 16:03:01 GMT -6
Golfvs,
A. Don’t jerk so hard.
B. Use 5X
C. Next report .....” The lost fish had big shoulders, humped back and a pegged leg in its mouth.”
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Post by dainw on Oct 30, 2018 14:22:18 GMT -6
As far as the kids go, that problem will remedy itself when the weather gets a little colder. As far as depth goes, if you were into fish consistently, then you were probably at the correct depth. Good rule of thumb is 1.5 times the depth of the water if you’re in moderate current. However, trout don’t always eat right on the bottom. Sometimes they eat emergers and nymphs midway up the water column or even right below the surface. I usually start depth at what I think is 1.5 times the depth and then keep increasing depth and weight until I either tick bottom or start catching fish. Also agree with slim that 5x is probably sufficient unless you’re fishing very tiny flies or are a euro bro. If you are a euro bro, you may want to consider going to 12x flouro to ensure your flies are getting down fast enough  |
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Post by hankinsfly on Oct 30, 2018 15:24:46 GMT -6
I’m pretty sure 12x IS necessary to euro-bro’ing. It gets your flies down like, really fast. The noodleness of your 11foot 2-weight makes up for the absurdity of the tiny tippet. Now, you do fish size 12 flies with this 12x tippet, right?
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Post by dainw on Oct 30, 2018 16:13:36 GMT -6
I’m pretty sure 12x IS necessary to euro-bro’ing. It gets your flies down like, really fast. The noodleness of your 11foot 2-weight makes up for the absurdity of the tiny tippet. Now, you do fish size 12 flies with this 12x tippet, right? Only if it’s a bomb. I’m talking about 6 mm tungsten bead and 22 wraps of 020 lead wire. Usually have to go smaller tippet than that on size 12 though. I’ve beem throwing 15x with size 12 flies lately. It’s not available commercially. Usually you have to go pull down spider webs from the corner of your porch and use that for tippet. As just need a soft tip on your rod to protect tippet that fine. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2018 20:56:50 GMT -6
I’m pretty sure 12x IS necessary to euro-bro’ing. It gets your flies down like, really fast. The noodleness of your 11foot 2-weight makes up for the absurdity of the tiny tippet. Now, you do fish size 12 flies with this 12x tippet, right? Only if it’s a bomb. I’m talking about 6 mm tungsten bead and 22 wraps of 020 lead wire. Usually have to go smaller tippet than that on size 12 though. I’ve beem throwing 15x with size 12 flies lately. It’s not available commercially. Usually you have to go pull down spider webs from the corner of your porch and use that for tippet. As just need a soft tip on your rod to protect tippet that fine. I heard Dragon Heart String was equivalent to 15x |
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