04-12-2004, 12:10 PM
[cool][blue][size 1]Another great idea, JR. I haven't done much serious fly flinging from flotation craft for awhile. But, when I used to work over the "half pounders" (early run steelhead) in the tidewaters of Northern Cal, I did throw a shooting head and running line a lot. I did not even try to keep the line on an apron. I took out a small rectangular plastic container that fit just right in my lap. The line coiled and uncoiled nicely in it and I seldom had any tangles or lost loops.[/size][/blue]
[#0000ff][size 1]The idea of a pop up ridge around the apron is a great idea.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Have you ever fished the bonito in the winter at the warm water outflows at the power plant? If not, that is full contact fly fishing at its craziest. You really do need a good system for storing the line because you have to strip in the fly like crazy to get it moving fast enough for the bonito to be interested. I used to tuck the rod under one arm and strip madly with both hands. When a fish hit, it was a mad scramble to get hold of the rod and feed the hissing line back out through the guides and get the fish on the reel. Much fun.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 1]The idea of a pop up ridge around the apron is a great idea.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Have you ever fished the bonito in the winter at the warm water outflows at the power plant? If not, that is full contact fly fishing at its craziest. You really do need a good system for storing the line because you have to strip in the fly like crazy to get it moving fast enough for the bonito to be interested. I used to tuck the rod under one arm and strip madly with both hands. When a fish hit, it was a mad scramble to get hold of the rod and feed the hissing line back out through the guides and get the fish on the reel. Much fun.[/size][/#0000ff]
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