05-30-2006, 10:00 PM
Thx for the replies and comments gentlemen.
We use 6lb Eagle Claw clear mono, which has always worked well for us, until now. I now understand why after much deliberation, we are experiencing these problems:until our tubing discovery we were always fishing from shore where we were able to bring the fish right up to our waists and simply grab it. Now in a tube, this is difficult and thus my wife and I have decided to go the way of the net (I have always hated using a net). I have also decided to change my knots from the improved Clinch knot (which I have used most consistently throughout my life with great success) to either a palomar or trilene knot - anything with a double hanger through the eye of the hook.
P.S. sorry to hear you folks had a less than best Memorial weekend. I was in Utah one late July in '99 and it snowed for about 20 minutes. Hilarious.
-ABT-
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We use 6lb Eagle Claw clear mono, which has always worked well for us, until now. I now understand why after much deliberation, we are experiencing these problems:until our tubing discovery we were always fishing from shore where we were able to bring the fish right up to our waists and simply grab it. Now in a tube, this is difficult and thus my wife and I have decided to go the way of the net (I have always hated using a net). I have also decided to change my knots from the improved Clinch knot (which I have used most consistently throughout my life with great success) to either a palomar or trilene knot - anything with a double hanger through the eye of the hook.
P.S. sorry to hear you folks had a less than best Memorial weekend. I was in Utah one late July in '99 and it snowed for about 20 minutes. Hilarious.
-ABT-
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