The trick here to learn is that, when you raise your rod with one hand and reach for the fish/leader with the other, turn your rod so the the reel is up, not down or sideways. If you have snake guides on the rod, the knots in your connections will slip through moving against the rod, not the guides, should the fish decide to make another run. Try it.
Jack Austin Wes Wada wrote: > Mike, > > I normally fish with 11' leaders. That length allows me to net a fish > without bringing the line/leader connection through the tip top guide. > Once that knot or loop is inside the guides, you have significantly > increased the odds you will lose the fish! It just takes a momentary > hangup of the knot in the guides to break light tippets. > > I have found a product like Loon Knot-Sense (think it is called > something else these days) helps when you are knotting mono to the fly > line. The product is molded around the knot so that the connection is > more smooth and streamlined. > > Wes > > > > Michael Bliss <flyfish...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would guess you have already done this. Does it really go through >> the guides - slick as snot? - whatever he said. Try as I might the >> knots when the leader connects to the fly line occasionally cause me >> grief. >> >> Mike >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
