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Post by DaveAlexander on May 25, 2005 14:04:20 GMT -1
Hi Guys,
First post! I live in Nova Scotia, Canada and have just started doing some night fishing for sea trout over the last year. Read Hugh Falkus great book so that got me going.
What length, weight and style (poly-leader, tapered or hand tied ) do most people fish when using a Hi-Density line (I have a Rio 7wt type 6) combined with say a H.F. Sunk Lure?
I just purchaced the line this year, but haven't got it working the way I would like it too in the day yet.
So far I have only used a leader constructed from 3 ft of maxima (brown)25lb and as 16" 10lb tippet. I also tried an Rio 12ft powerflex SALMON leader which was worse feeling. felt like the leader was over powering the line.
It's turning the fly over way to fast (kick) and finishing the shoot after the fly land in the waters
Does having a longer leader with a full sinking line have and adverse affect on the fly while it's actually fishing? I was under the impression that it does which is why I was going shorter.
Cheers,
Dave
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Post by Paul Dunstan on May 25, 2005 15:36:46 GMT -1
Hi Dave
I'd say that a high percentage of UK sea trout fishers use fairly uncomplicated leaders - often just a 8 - 10ft length of level monofil!
In many circumstances this solution is OK but it's not so good when you're trying to fish a heavy fly at depth. A Hugh Falkus sunk lure is not a heavy fly and will generally turn over OK even with a straight, level leader but the problem comes when trying to get it down deep.
When I fish a heavy sinking line I generally use a short, hand tied tapered leader (4 to 6ft) with a heavy monfil butt tapering to a tippet of about 15 inches of 0X. (Look at the Global Flyfisher, Leadercalc pages on the web - great!). The heavy butt is capable of turning over a heavy / large fly and the short leader means that there's more chance that the fly will be tracking at near the depth of the line - not wafting about on the end of a long length of nylon.
Also, to give the fly a greater chance of 'getting down', I cast at a slight angle, upstream and mend line immediately - quite often, and especially on some smaller streams, it's quite a short 'swing' across the current and the fly needs all the help it can get to get down to 'do the business'.
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Post by Aled on May 26, 2005 6:35:51 GMT -1
Hi Guys PaulD's advice is very similar to what i do, although i don't use a tapered leader. The casting angles are especially important. Cheers Aled
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Post by Dovey on May 31, 2005 13:24:01 GMT -1
Can't improve on PaulD's reply. One successful fisher of my aquaintance has just 2 feet of stout mono. as a standard f/s leader. His catches don't seem to suffer and it certainly keeps things uncomplicated
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