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Murf,
I usually get an entire season out of one knot like
this. After the season, I trim both sides back and make a new knot, which
one should do regardless.
For you old guys with bad eyes, just switch to
snap-swivels. LOL
DOnO
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:03
AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] BRAIDED LOOP LEADER
CONNECTORS
Vinyl sounds pretty soft for salt/big-game fish. Doesn't it tear
or fray? Maybe I'm imagining too stiff of a rod for what you are
describing. We'll have to fish the salt together someday as my
flyfishing skills are poor casting heavy. Get a fish on though and I can
hold my own for the first hour or so. If Richard comes along, make sure
you strap him down. He has no problem catching but, unless he put on
weight, watersking might be the result. ;-)
As for switching from drys to nymphs, I have a similar setup with 2 weights
of leadcore leaders and just change the whole leader from the loop.
I'm getting poor eyesight and am up for any ideas to change my rig more
quickly.
If anyone has pictures of these methods or alternatives, I'm
interested. Possibly my ignorance is visualization skills as well.
My last "100 pounder" (okay, it was 90) was a white marlin caught between St.
John and St. Croix and the whole story is humorous... to me. Same fish
was caught 6 months later off the horn of Africa. Okay, I was trolling,
so shoot me. I DID tag and release.
Murf
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----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Ross
Henk, do you mean
Sepp's loops? My only concern with some loops is the
smooth transference of
energy. I still usually whip a small loop. If I
could cast better, I'd use
nail knots. ;-)
Richard
From: "DonO" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey
Richard,
I use the braided loops with the shrink-tube on my 8wt and
smaller outfits.
Then I use a looped braided leader, shortened, then two
diameters of tippet
tied with blood-knots. To swap to nymphing (in deeper
than 3' of water), I
have a spare spool loaded with sink-tip, a sinking
braided leader and a
short tippet of heavy flourocarbon.
On the
heavy stuff, especialy saltwater, I make my own loops and whip-finish
them,
and seal the knot in virgin liquid vinyl. The liquid vinyl stays
pliable
and goes through the guides easily. I also apply vinyl to the
backing to
flyline knot (stripped line w/nail-knot) so that it runs through
the guides
more easily, especially on the 12 and 14wts. There is so much
pressure
being exerted with a big fish and that knot can run the guides a
dozen or
more times while fighting it. The same goes for the line-to-leader
knot
when trying to land a big fish. It needs to go through the guides
without
hanging up in the least.
DonO
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