What about hook-thickness?
Thinner hooks make smaller holes, less chance of losing that thinner hook (when keeping pressure)? Makes sense?
Depending on targeted species of course.
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- Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:48 pm
- Forum: Flyfishing
- Topic: Barbes vs barbless
- Replies: 37
- Views: 20471
- Tue Nov 26, 2019 3:09 pm
- Forum: Flyfishing
- Topic: Lanyard segmented neck foam
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7493
Re: Lanyard segmented neck foam
Google; Strap foam.
Eva round foam.
Also; camera straps, foam straps, sport shops and boating accessoiries.
Cutting up thick hollow foam and stringing it would make for a nice segmented strap;
Eva round foam.
Also; camera straps, foam straps, sport shops and boating accessoiries.
Cutting up thick hollow foam and stringing it would make for a nice segmented strap;
- Sat Nov 23, 2019 9:33 am
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: Tippet breaking-tropical hot saltwater.
- Replies: 23
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Re: Tippet breaking-tropical hot saltwater.
Thanks for the input sofar! Very helpful! Been practicing differents knots, would make for a great challenge, time limited leader to tippet knotting contest.... :) Any prefered leader formulas? Or is it a matter of adapting the leader to the style of fishing? If so, what to watch for? How to adapt? ...
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:57 pm
- Forum: Teaching
- Topic: CCI Burn Out
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10994
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:22 pm
- Forum: Teaching
- Topic: FFI CI exam Tailing loops
- Replies: 71
- Views: 27042
Re: FFI CI exam Tailing loops
Email send, is you adress still freelance@......?
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:21 pm
- Forum: Teaching
- Topic: CCI Burn Out
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10994
Re: CCI Burn Out
Marshall. What a brave story! My reply is not about teaching. i have absolutely no history with this board and/or interactions with famous flycasters, flycasting teaching skills nor the desire or drive to become anything licensed, certified or anything that has anything to do that even has the sligh...
- Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:25 pm
- Forum: Teaching
- Topic: FFI CI exam Tailing loops
- Replies: 71
- Views: 27042
Re: FFI CI exam Tailing loops
One thing just came up. Doesn’t it make more sense to say “insufficient arc for the length of line”, instead of “insufficient arc for the bend in the rod”, when giving instruction. This might be harder to instantly visualize and seems farther away from the theory. But to me it seems closer to the c...
- Mon Nov 18, 2019 4:05 pm
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: Tippet breaking-tropical hot saltwater.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16312
Re: Tippet breaking-tropical hot saltwater.
Paul, 13,2 Lb test .104 inch thickness of tip. 1X tippet with 10 Lb test also 15 Lb leader with 0X tippet, both broke there. I checked other leaders from the same batch i bought, tried different knots too, they all remained perfectly strong. also tried to tie different knots with the same leaders/ti...
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 7:40 pm
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: Tippet breaking-tropical hot saltwater.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16312
Re: Tippet breaking-tropical hot saltwater.
Thanks for the replies and comments sofar. Last trip i used Rio Tapered leaders .014 inch 13.2 Lb test, adding 3 to 5 feet of rio fluoroflex (like the manufacturer suggests on the package). The time that it happened the knot (leader-tippet was gone) didn't measure how much pre-knot-tippet was lost. ...
- Thu Nov 14, 2019 6:46 pm
- Forum: Saltwater
- Topic: Tippet breaking-tropical hot saltwater.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16312
Tippet breaking-tropical hot saltwater.
On my last trip i expierenced that my tippet would break right after the knot. Using a standard saltwaterleader, tying on a piece of tippet with a bloodknot (carefully wetting the ends before tightening the knot), not striking by lifting the rod but setting the hook strip-striking (yes, with feeling...