03-21-2012, 05:08 AM
So, I did a little experiment this afternoon. Right after work, I went out to Salem pond and tried casting with the current 8-wt line. Everything still seemed to pile up right in front of me. I couldn't get a single cast where with a nice straight line with the fly at the farthest point. Kinda depressing. I tried for about 20 minutes, concentrating very heavily on proper form, but no dice.
I went home and replaced the line with the new 9-wt line. I made sure to keep the same leader and keep everything else as close as possible to the earlier test. I went back to the pond at about 6:00 for this half and it was a world of difference. I was able to shoot 60 feet of line fairly regularly. I would occasionally get a pile o' line in front of me, but not very often. Usually when I would get excited and get my wrist involved in the cast.
The rod is a Scientific Angler 8 wt rod, not one of the 7/8 specials. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a 9 wt by it's performance today.
On a side note, I need to get a float tube. Or a boat. I kept getting the line tangled in dead weeds at my feet and once in the brush behind me.
Matt
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I went home and replaced the line with the new 9-wt line. I made sure to keep the same leader and keep everything else as close as possible to the earlier test. I went back to the pond at about 6:00 for this half and it was a world of difference. I was able to shoot 60 feet of line fairly regularly. I would occasionally get a pile o' line in front of me, but not very often. Usually when I would get excited and get my wrist involved in the cast.
The rod is a Scientific Angler 8 wt rod, not one of the 7/8 specials. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a 9 wt by it's performance today.
On a side note, I need to get a float tube. Or a boat. I kept getting the line tangled in dead weeds at my feet and once in the brush behind me.
Matt
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