Glenn: I heard that.. Cause I caught My ear with a NON weighted #12 Chili Pepper the other day (OUCHHHHHH!!!! Had to DIG it outta My ear LOL)... I'd hate to land My ear with a huge bass or salt water fly with a 3/0 hook LOL. I'd be "Cool": as My teens say as I'd have a "Pierced ear" and the fly would be the ornamental ear ring........ Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Overton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Casting a big or heavy fly > Wes, Just want to be funny with casting big and weighted flies.....WEAR A > HARD HAT......Glenn Overton > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wes Wada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 10:04 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Casting a big or heavy fly > > > Chuck, > > Open your casting loop so that it is a more wide, lazy arc. Do not > try to cast a weighted streamer the same way you would try to cast a > dry fly. Casting weighted flies is more of a lob than a dart. Always > wait until you feel your rod load and bend before changing the > direction of your casting stroke. > > The advice that a heavier rod would work better is correct. > > Make sure you are using a weight-forward fly line. Experiment with > shortening or lengthening your standard leader, and make sure your > leader butt is at least 2/3rd the diameter of the tip of your flyline. > If you do a lot of this type of fishing, look into buying a bass bug > line that has a lot of mass concentrated at the forward end. > > If you are fishing stillwater, weighting the fly more than needed to > just attain neutral buoyancy is unnecessary. In general, the longer > you keep the fly in the 'strike zone' depth, the better chance you > will have of a hookup. Fish in general do not feed on flies below > them, and a heavily weighted fly dives to the bottom unnaturally. > > Hope that helps. > > > Wes Wada > Bend, Oregon > > >
