09-17-2006, 07:51 PM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black]Scruffy, just a few things. First off if a 28 to a 32 fly gets left in a fish, how long do you think before it disintegrate?[/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"]I do use flouro, and am aware that it will not, so I am very careful with it, but the fact that it is attached to the hook that will, releaves that from the fish.[/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black] You are right on the 7X and 8X breaking off, that is why I don't use it either. Believe it or not, I use 6X flouro and have not had a breakoff yet. [/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black]Playing a fish it is important to do it quickly, [/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black]I also feel that this is were a slower action rod comes into play on the smaller flies, not only do you feel the take, the tip will take a lot of the pressure off the tippet. [/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black] I use a 5 wt often. I will use a 2wt to a 4wt on the Middle Provo, where the average fish is 12" (some bigger and smaller) and I use a 5wt on the Lower Provo ( average fish 16") and of course I use a 6wt on Henrys where the fish,......well, the 34" in the picture.[/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"] [black]I have landed a 21" brown last year on my 4wt Bamboo with a size 30 and 6X in the current. With a slow action rod, you don't break tippet and yet have the power. Took me minutes to pull the fish out of the current to the side them land it. Leaving it in the net in the water, reached for my camera only to have it turn and swim away. [/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black] Rivers, the fish are fighting the current and in my opinion a little stronger. I do revive all fish and sometimes it is immediate, others up to 20 minutes, plus just cause the fish swims off, doesn't mean it will survive.[/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black] Working at the Lodge this year, I got to see more of what can and can't happen. The lakes on the property are all shallow, they are adding Oxygenators this year, because it got so warm this year the fish were very sluggish and a few transplant kills, but with all the clients I took out on these lakes, there was minimal kills( in fact non from my clients, not saying I am better than the others, just that I only worry about my clients,) and I am at the lodge for a couple of days after trips. And one last word, these fish were tuffer than I would have thought.[/black][/font] [cool]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"]I do use flouro, and am aware that it will not, so I am very careful with it, but the fact that it is attached to the hook that will, releaves that from the fish.[/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black] You are right on the 7X and 8X breaking off, that is why I don't use it either. Believe it or not, I use 6X flouro and have not had a breakoff yet. [/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black]Playing a fish it is important to do it quickly, [/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black]I also feel that this is were a slower action rod comes into play on the smaller flies, not only do you feel the take, the tip will take a lot of the pressure off the tippet. [/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black] I use a 5 wt often. I will use a 2wt to a 4wt on the Middle Provo, where the average fish is 12" (some bigger and smaller) and I use a 5wt on the Lower Provo ( average fish 16") and of course I use a 6wt on Henrys where the fish,......well, the 34" in the picture.[/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"] [black]I have landed a 21" brown last year on my 4wt Bamboo with a size 30 and 6X in the current. With a slow action rod, you don't break tippet and yet have the power. Took me minutes to pull the fish out of the current to the side them land it. Leaving it in the net in the water, reached for my camera only to have it turn and swim away. [/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black] Rivers, the fish are fighting the current and in my opinion a little stronger. I do revive all fish and sometimes it is immediate, others up to 20 minutes, plus just cause the fish swims off, doesn't mean it will survive.[/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black] Working at the Lodge this year, I got to see more of what can and can't happen. The lakes on the property are all shallow, they are adding Oxygenators this year, because it got so warm this year the fish were very sluggish and a few transplant kills, but with all the clients I took out on these lakes, there was minimal kills( in fact non from my clients, not saying I am better than the others, just that I only worry about my clients,) and I am at the lodge for a couple of days after trips. And one last word, these fish were tuffer than I would have thought.[/black][/font] [cool]
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