Thursday, January 8, 2009

The Significance of Fly Lines.

Lets start by explaining how drifting works. Where to Fish the bulk of Cat-men that I know all use the same rig, though their tackle will differ from one guy to the next. The large difference between most drifters and myself is that I often don't drift in water any less deep than thirty feet deep whilst most others like to fish much less deep,eg 10-20 feet deep. The shallow waters of most lakes contain some enormous fish and tons of tiny ones leading to plenty of action, but not so several which will test your string. In one drift I caught and released 47 Blue Pussies .

These fish all came off a big flat that runs parallel to the main brook channel with a typical depth of forty five ft. Its surface has some little humps and a pair of old ditches running across it. Folks drive by me and look in skepticism when they see me drifting in thirty to fifty ft of water, but when that fish locator shows giant fish marks on the bottom at those sort of depths I am in possession of a rather good idea of what's down there. Not all lakes are as straightforward to drift : some have gobs of timber and some have tons of rock on the bottom. The best lakes I have found have had a little silting or great mud residences that were old fields at one point. Look at these studios from different angles and ask, "How will the bank look?" Could the surface under the water look like the structures above the water? Probabilities are that it is going to be really close.

Bass and Walleye fishermen all over the U use land structures to find their fish and when it comes to locating these structures, fish locators are awfully valuable tools. So , if you have got a five weight fly rod and a five weight fly reel, and it extremely important to make certain you've a five weight fly line. As an example, using too light of a fly line for a specific fly rod will present serious casting challenges. Therefore , where the fly rod is "heavier" than the fly line, the fly rod will never be entirely loaded ( will not bend correctly ), since the weight of the fly line isn't enough to correctly bend the rod during the cast. Similarly , if the fly line be heavier than the fly rod, the fly rod will bend excessively in the cast, making line control an iffy offer at best. Guarantee your fly line weight matches exactly the weight of the fly rod you are using and the weight of the fly reel you are using. How snappy the line sinks ( it's sink rate ) will be listed on the box. You could have to experiment with different sizes till you work out what size slows your ship down. Makers of drift socks will generally give you a guesstimate of the dimensions of sock compared to the dimensions of the ship you are using.

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