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- 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.
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:58 pm
- Forum: Flyfishing
- Topic: Leader connections
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6438
Re: Leader connections
Clever. Thanks a lot!
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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.
It didn't make much sense to me until now.
- 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...
- 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...
- Sun Jan 23, 2022 12:12 pm
- Forum: Casting Sport
- Topic: Danish Games
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3195
- 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.
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.
- 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...