Just curious...
How do y'all shape your loops?
I mean otherwise than simple narrow vs. wide loops.
Like pointed vs. round, or curved, or over vs. horizontal vs. underslung, etc..
Doesn't it come down to how the rod is shaped right before and up to loop launch?
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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:26 pm
- Forum: Flycasting
- Topic: OK... Rod configuration effect on the line?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 18
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:06 pm
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: Power pro braid fails
- Replies: 17
- Views: 266
Re: Power pro braid fails
Lou, Most of my leaders for fishing here in South Florida are made from Ande mono. It is relatively inexpensive, comes in 1/4# spools (a lifetime supply) and has a nice amount of stiffnes. If you can find the "Ghost" variety, I think it is even better, since it seems to be the regular stuf...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:41 am
- Forum: Teaching
- Topic: Structuring multiple lessons
- Replies: 35
- Views: 408
Re: Structuring multiple lessons
Too easily we can get stuck in a rut. Trying to make small changes to an existing stroke that don’t stick. Developing an entirely new but related (almost all casts are related) stroke is the better way I think. But it’s not the obvious thing to do! Cheers, Paul Paul, Very much enjoyed this FP. Over...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:52 pm
- Forum: Flycasting
- Topic: Line configuration affect on rod
- Replies: 68
- Views: 1221
Re: Line configuration affect on rod
Vinny, Out of curiosity... what is a NFC rod? No Friggin Clue? I'm unsure about different lines in the wind. I know I often pray to just straighten everything out when casting into the wind, so I don't shoot much, if any. So I would guess the head length should about match how long you are commonly ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:58 pm
- Forum: Flycasting
- Topic: Line configuration affect on rod
- Replies: 68
- Views: 1221
Re: Line configuration affect on rod
Vinny, If you are placing your fly into the roots and under the mangrove branches at 75' my hat is off to you! :pirate: To answer your question: I don't think the rod cares. I will tell you this... I used to fish with the longer belly lines, and I still do in some situations but not when painting ma...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Tackle
- Topic: line lubricants vs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 977
Re: line lubricants vs
I commonly wipe down my rods with 303, but only with the rag that hangs on the bottle. I've never had a problem with the epoxy flaking off... but I don't spray it directly on the rod. Now... if you really want to reduce the friction from the rod blank - there is a product called "MudSlinger&quo...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Tackle
- Topic: line lubricants vs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 977
Re: line lubricants vs
If y'all want to change up the chemistry a bit, maybe try 303 brand "Aerospace Protectant". It is sold in most marina stores and is billed as a sunscreen for boats / rec vehicles. It is polyurethane based, not silicone, and as such it is not so much a lube that sits on the surface but a cl...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:09 pm
- Forum: FP Discussions
- Topic: Unproven
- Replies: 28
- Views: 511
Re: Unproven
I don't know about using socks to attract fish, but there is a very real phenomenon with socks in the Everglades. When in camp, if you hang your dirty socks on a limb a short distance downwind from where you are sitting, you will greatly decrease the number of mosquitoes that bother you. The socks d...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: Power pro braid fails
- Replies: 17
- Views: 266
Re: Power pro braid fails
If the line got damaged somehow while still on the original spool, then there will be a weak section at the same point on every rotation... so at repeating distances equal to the diameter of the spool.
Maybe that's what going on?
Maybe that's what going on?
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: photos 2024
- Replies: 24
- Views: 381
Re: photos 2024
Paul, I am shocked to see that you have stooped to using electronics! :( The other day I was fed a suggestion on YouTube about "FFS". Thinks I - What does FFS have to do with fly fishing? FFS has always been a shorthand for a statement of incredulity... at least that is what I thought? Tur...