05-31-2012, 02:34 PM
I purchased a 7'6 4 wt rod in hopes it would make these streams easier. I haven't seen a HUGE difference in this rod from my 9 footer on smaller streams besides being able to crawl into some tighter places
I do however love it. It works wonders for me on the weber and other streams.
Thanks for the suggestions. I am wondering if I should just use a foot of butt section followed by 2 feet of tippet. Guess i'll have to experiment with that or a shorter tapered leader. I'll just have to experiment with non conventional casting techniques.
On another note, I bought some rio gold fly line. The guys at fish tech said it floats extremely high and I would love it. For some reason about the first 6 inches or so always sinks and doesn't float very well. Its a WF taper and isn't a sinking tip line. It's not dirty either. I don't know why it tends to do this. My cheaper starter rode line never really did this.
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I do however love it. It works wonders for me on the weber and other streams.
Thanks for the suggestions. I am wondering if I should just use a foot of butt section followed by 2 feet of tippet. Guess i'll have to experiment with that or a shorter tapered leader. I'll just have to experiment with non conventional casting techniques.
On another note, I bought some rio gold fly line. The guys at fish tech said it floats extremely high and I would love it. For some reason about the first 6 inches or so always sinks and doesn't float very well. Its a WF taper and isn't a sinking tip line. It's not dirty either. I don't know why it tends to do this. My cheaper starter rode line never really did this.
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