Blue gills ?

[birddogwi]

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birddogwi wrote:
[size 1]Thanks for the reply, Scruffy_fly. How many yards does that original call for/spec?

Question - If you had access to it wouldn't you want to practice casting with the rig and line you planned on using next? [/size]
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I haven't the foggiest what the backing spec was. Only thing I remember is putting on the amount of backing recommended and I had problems with the binding because I could not reliably get good even coils wound onto the spool. So I took off backing.

I am not following your thought about practis casting. It just happened that a couple of times I had some spare time and was wanted to practice some casts with my five weight before a trip to Colorado. So I took the 8 wt too since I had not ever used it and I had just gotten the Battenkill reel for it. so I tied a piece of yarn onto the end of the leader. Blue gill kept attacking the yarn so I said what the heck. When I lost the yarn in some trees I tied on a bluegill popper. Then did a little more practise. [/reply]

Gotchya on the backing thing S_F.

I was just wondering about the practice runs with the different rod is all since different equipment acts differently and has different characteristics .. rods actions differ and such.. I guess its just my thought process. used the anology of shotgunning because the same is true there as well. The weight, balance, drop, cast, length of pull, etc., .. differ from gun to gun. I'm probably just splitting hairs here.
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