03-29-2010, 03:01 AM
Congrats on the fish!
I have been thinking of head to the Blacksmith I just haven't made it out there yet.
I like to watch the end of my fly line and us that as somewhat of a strike indicator. I never use true strike indicators and I still catch a lot of fish, nothing wrong with them if you like them use them. Then if you ever see the line or indicator mover in a funny direction or twitch really fast give a nice little hook set. Most of the time when setting the hook you just have to strip the line in and lightly lift up on the rod. Stripping in on the hook set will not break the line as often. One tip I always use is to keep slack out of your line when its drifting down.
As for when bringing in the fish I will almost always just strip the line in. Unless its a big fish or a hard fighter, then I will let it take the line from my hand and use the reel to fight it.
Good luck.
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I have been thinking of head to the Blacksmith I just haven't made it out there yet.
I like to watch the end of my fly line and us that as somewhat of a strike indicator. I never use true strike indicators and I still catch a lot of fish, nothing wrong with them if you like them use them. Then if you ever see the line or indicator mover in a funny direction or twitch really fast give a nice little hook set. Most of the time when setting the hook you just have to strip the line in and lightly lift up on the rod. Stripping in on the hook set will not break the line as often. One tip I always use is to keep slack out of your line when its drifting down.
As for when bringing in the fish I will almost always just strip the line in. Unless its a big fish or a hard fighter, then I will let it take the line from my hand and use the reel to fight it.
Good luck.
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