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Post by Nick Pionessa on Sept 25, 2010 5:37:48 GMT -5
ls - somehow your account is not up, if you have some issues with that e-mail me at info@oakorchardflyshop.com and i'll see if i can fix it.
as to the question that leech is tied on a 1" copper tube so it does have some weight. not too much but just enough to keep it down with the sinktip. color variations are endless, whatever you have confidence in. steelhead flies are great to experiment with. the fly in the skipper was tied on a vinyl tube with added dumbell eyes. no right or wrong way to do it.
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Post by Brian McCord on Sept 30, 2010 9:28:06 GMT -5
Solid work Nick. Technique laden for the Spey challenged Thanks Sage
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Post by RileyVacinek on Oct 15, 2010 9:17:21 GMT -5
Okay I will try as hard as I can to not sound like an absolute beginner here.... First off this article is directed towards two handers... I unfortunately am a broke college student and cannot afford one. How do these techniques transfer over to my 9'5' 8wt? Or do they at all? I really like the idea of a sink tip because I hate the idea of a sinking line for some reason. I have done little to no research in this area so I don't know if it works like that in the single handed 8wt department. I for some reason have never gotten the idea of starting the drift below you. It for some reason always made practical sense to cast slightly upstream when swinging. It does make sense now though. I am planning a trip to some bigger water than the catt so getting down in the more open water is a priority. Nick, you did say this was open for questions haha I hope this isn't to much. Thanks, Riley
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Post by SteveKowalski on Oct 15, 2010 10:27:44 GMT -5
RV, Get some sinking polyleaders Rio or Airflo. When not using my 2-hander, I fish a 10 ft. 7wt. and run the 7ft. 7 ips (inch per second) or 5 ips. also a 12 ft. 7ips. in the lower river. The poly leaders are not out of bounds on a single hander. actually pretty nice to cast - they add a little shooting head feel - more weight to the weight forward.
When running these and other sink tip systems, casting upstream will probably give you too much sink time (depending on the depth of the run your swinging) as opposed to a weighted fly and or shot on your mono leader where you want the drop time. Casting slightly down stream with the polys or tips shortens the sink time and your line is straight to the fly beginning the actual fishing swing sooner, without that big downstream bow in your line that you have to mend to correct. Does that make sense? I'm sure some other on here could explain it differently.
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Post by RileyVacinek on Oct 15, 2010 13:55:52 GMT -5
You did a very good job explaining. Thank you. I do have a few questions though. By lower river I assume you are talking about bigger water that is deeper and wider across correct? This would be to ensure your leader is long enough to go down as apposed to attempting to pull your fly line down? This is all in regards to a floating line system correct? And not to be funny but would you use normal tippet with this or is some type of sink tippet required? I hope this is manageable Thanks so much, RV
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Post by SteveKowalski on Oct 15, 2010 16:45:10 GMT -5
normal tippet 1x or 2x 3-5 ft.
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