10-23-2008, 08:37 PM
I've used those little round stickees in the past, but didn't like them.
First off, they stick out way to far, making them more air resistent for their size than necessary. And they have a tendency to fall off while casting.
The solid sheets (same material, just not pre-cut) work better for me. What I do is cut a strip of it, about an inch wide. This gets rolled around the leader or line as the case may be.
What happens is you create a highly visible "tube" that's barely thicker than the line, and thus, less air resistent.
In heavy or roily water I might use two or three of them, lined up, cuz my eyes are also rather old.
A now deceased friend taught me another trick. He pre-built his leaders, using those heat-melt type tubes (the kind used to make a clean connection with braided loops, for instance). Up to three of them would be spaced on a leader, letting you more easily track sub-surface flies, but without the floating characteristics of the foam.
Brook
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First off, they stick out way to far, making them more air resistent for their size than necessary. And they have a tendency to fall off while casting.
The solid sheets (same material, just not pre-cut) work better for me. What I do is cut a strip of it, about an inch wide. This gets rolled around the leader or line as the case may be.
What happens is you create a highly visible "tube" that's barely thicker than the line, and thus, less air resistent.
In heavy or roily water I might use two or three of them, lined up, cuz my eyes are also rather old.
A now deceased friend taught me another trick. He pre-built his leaders, using those heat-melt type tubes (the kind used to make a clean connection with braided loops, for instance). Up to three of them would be spaced on a leader, letting you more easily track sub-surface flies, but without the floating characteristics of the foam.
Brook
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