That is good counsel. I will try it. On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Jack Lehman <jklepo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > 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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >> >> > > > >
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