03-08-2004, 05:03 PM
[cool][blue][size 1]If it happened to me, the first things I would suspect would be a bad knot, a nick in the leader, or poor quality leader material. [/size][/blue]
[#0000ff][size 1]As you also guessed, having a lot of fly line out can put additional drag on the fish. If the fish makes a sudden lunge...or jumps...that could be just enough to have the leader fail.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]It's always frustrating to lose a fly or lure in a fish. You hate to lose the fish. And flies and lures are expensive. The only good thing about it is that it makes you think carefully about what you might have done wrong and to concentrate more in the future. But, unless you bring in the CSI team to investigate the crime (stolen fly), you will probably just have to guess at what the problem was.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 1]As you also guessed, having a lot of fly line out can put additional drag on the fish. If the fish makes a sudden lunge...or jumps...that could be just enough to have the leader fail.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]It's always frustrating to lose a fly or lure in a fish. You hate to lose the fish. And flies and lures are expensive. The only good thing about it is that it makes you think carefully about what you might have done wrong and to concentrate more in the future. But, unless you bring in the CSI team to investigate the crime (stolen fly), you will probably just have to guess at what the problem was.[/size][/#0000ff]
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