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by johnnybg
Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:09 am
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: HELP NEEDED
Replies: 19
Views: 2531

Re: HELP NEEDED

Hi Lars, not a direct answer to your question, but have you tried sharpening the cutting edge with a piece of TIG welding electrode. If the cutting edges aren't too damages from cutting wires etc., it really makes a difference.
by johnnybg
Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Leader connections
Replies: 28
Views: 6438

Re: Leader connections

Clever. Thanks a lot!
by johnnybg
Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:02 am
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Leader connections
Replies: 28
Views: 6438

Re: Leader connections

Thank you, Paul. I will stick to loops when fishing for tropical species and salmon and as for trout, I will stick with the needle or nail knot. It might be the coating of the 6wt sink3 line or my tying skills that failed me in the past when the nail knot on that line came undone.
by johnnybg
Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:30 pm
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Leader connections
Replies: 28
Views: 6438

Re: Leader connections

The "snell" as Flip calls it ( although I remember it as the original nail knot before special tools), has a place on certain lines, particularily older technology cores like Dacron. ... Did you notice Flip spoke of redfish on a 6 wt? I guarantee he does not use that connection on tarpon ...
by johnnybg
Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:42 pm
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Leader connections
Replies: 28
Views: 6438

Re: Leader connections

Thanks a lot M.C. for clarying things up.
It didn't make much sense to me until now.
by johnnybg
Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:07 am
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Leader connections
Replies: 28
Views: 6438

Re: Leader connections

The first method I abandoned almost straight away, as me and a friend did a pull test, and simply pulled the knot and coating off the fly line, leaving the exposed core behind on the fly line… We did this with the line in our hands (no tools needed) and it didn’t take much force to cut the line thr...
by johnnybg
Sun Jan 22, 2023 11:55 am
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Leader connections
Replies: 28
Views: 6438

Re: Leader connections

In regards to the thread topic, I would really like to hear what you think about the two solutions below? The first video is about cutting the loop all together. The second video is about about snelling a short piece of mono on the fly line making a mono to mono loop connection instead. Cut the loop...
by johnnybg
Tue Dec 28, 2021 6:21 pm
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Shallow water strategy - Help breaking the code
Replies: 15
Views: 4265

Re: Shallow water strategy - Help breaking the code

It is, but also a tad frustrating 😄
I'm still working on it though, but results are not coming easy. Short casts however, have been a lot more effective than what I was doing before where the fly line too often spooked a fish in the shallows.
by johnnybg
Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:23 pm
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Shallow water strategy - Help breaking the code
Replies: 15
Views: 4265

Re: Shallow water strategy - Help breaking the code

I suspect I ought to retry fishing after dark and give it a serious go. I'm using a 5-weight. I never considered short lining before starting this thread. I've used SHD and WF with a 12-15' leader with a typically cast of 15 to 25 meters. If I try to cast longer everything lands in a big pile, but I...

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