I had some 8X once but you have to play the fish so long and carefully that I got rid of it. I still have some 7X for tiny midges. They do alright with the 3 WT rod as the tip protects the tippet. Still I prefer a heavier tippet so I can land the fish faster unless the fish are tippet shy.
Mike On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Neville Gosling <nev.gosl...@shaw.ca>wrote: > Tony and others: > > You might want to try one of these fly threaders. It holds the eye of the > fly in line with the groove magnetically. After placing the fly, one simply > pushes the tippet along the groove (from right hand side), through the eye > of the hook and as you can see the end of the tippet comes out on the left. > They green thread in the photo is simply a lanyard that the person is > wearing around their neck so that the threader is always available. They > retail online for about $10.00. The eye of the fly must be clear of any > threads or hackles. > > Neville (Nev) Gosling > Greater Vancouver, > B.C. Canada > > ------------------------------ > *From:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Anthony Spezio > *Sent:* May 13, 2010 10:55 AM > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* RE: [VFB] Fishining this morning > > The reason I had 7X on was because I was fishing sz 26 midges for Trout > on Tuesday. There was still a small Caddis hatch on and I was also using sz > 16 and 18 tent wing Caddis. 6X would not work, trout were too finiky. I did > not think about taking my vest with the tippit spools, I just grabbed the > rod and a small box of flies. If I get to back to fish that pond again, I > will have 4X on. > Yes, I do have a problem tying on the small flies and the fine tippet. > Tony > > --- On *Thu, 5/13/10, Neville Gosling <nev.gosl...@shaw.ca>* wrote: > > > From: Neville Gosling <nev.gosl...@shaw.ca> > Subject: RE: [VFB] Fishining this morning > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 11:53 AM > > 7X ! I might go 6X on the rare occasion but never 7X. > > Neville (Nev) Gosling > Greater Vancouver, > B.C. Canada > > ------------------------------ > *From:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Anthony Spezio > *Sent:* May 13, 2010 9:34 AM > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Cc:* flyfishingandflytyingforpanf...@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [VFB] Fishining this morning > > My wide has a double appointment at the doctors office this morning and > normally she will be there for a couple of hours. I have permission to fish > the pond alongside the parking lot.I have never got to fish it because of > time of the year or having my appointment. It was overcast and real windy > but I gave it a shot. Tied on a Peacock and Bronze. Had nothing for a while > then I got a good fish on. I never did see it before breaking off. I had > some 7X tipprt on my leader and had no other with me. Then I tied in a > Peacock body nymph with a gold bead head. That did yeild a couple of > Largmouth Bass. The takes were real slow, just felt the line tighten up and > the fish was there. > Had another take and when the bass came out of the water, he broke off. > Tied in a Peackock body bugger. When I turned out of the wind, I noticed my > wife back at the van waving me to come back. I could not belerve she was > already finished. Heading back to the van I made another cast and hooked up > with a Largmouth. That made five Bass, two break offs and one miss. Not bad > for about an hour fishing. > Arkansas Tony > > > -- > 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 -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- 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
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