02-23-2019, 05:00 PM
You wrote:
"Knot size is the important factor in avoiding tip hangup, either casting or retrieving. The popular uni-uni may be bulkiest because of the wraps of leader. The Red Phillips knot is smaller, and so is the Alberto. The Albright is skinniest, but is a booger to tie in a windy, rocking boat.
Instead of mono, use your old braid as backing."
I love how you share your extensive knowledge. Your tips seem to be always spot on.
About the Grammar Cop thing: it is sometimes very difficult for me when I read things on the internet that so butcher the language. It about drives me crazy. But I have had to take the cherry off the top of my cruiser lately, especially after I retired. I wish I knew how to fish as well as I know how to write. I understand that as a fellow wordsmith you have the same frustrations. For myself, I constantly re-proof my own posts to catch my faux pas and typos. I just caught myself having spelled "adapt" where I intended "adopt" about the fifth time I re-read it. [blush] The worst part of reading so much sloppy writing is that I have seen my syntax getting worse. I have been guilty of using comma splices lately. I just have to remind myself that no one likes a pedantic bloke and to recognize that there is a difference between formal and casual writing. Enyway (as Pat might write it) I appreciate the opening so I could vent a little. BTW, nothing I have written here is to be taken as criticism. Peace
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"Knot size is the important factor in avoiding tip hangup, either casting or retrieving. The popular uni-uni may be bulkiest because of the wraps of leader. The Red Phillips knot is smaller, and so is the Alberto. The Albright is skinniest, but is a booger to tie in a windy, rocking boat.
Instead of mono, use your old braid as backing."
I love how you share your extensive knowledge. Your tips seem to be always spot on.
About the Grammar Cop thing: it is sometimes very difficult for me when I read things on the internet that so butcher the language. It about drives me crazy. But I have had to take the cherry off the top of my cruiser lately, especially after I retired. I wish I knew how to fish as well as I know how to write. I understand that as a fellow wordsmith you have the same frustrations. For myself, I constantly re-proof my own posts to catch my faux pas and typos. I just caught myself having spelled "adapt" where I intended "adopt" about the fifth time I re-read it. [blush] The worst part of reading so much sloppy writing is that I have seen my syntax getting worse. I have been guilty of using comma splices lately. I just have to remind myself that no one likes a pedantic bloke and to recognize that there is a difference between formal and casual writing. Enyway (as Pat might write it) I appreciate the opening so I could vent a little. BTW, nothing I have written here is to be taken as criticism. Peace
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