The other disadvantage to a big weighted fly, like a Clouser, is that an
inexperienced caster will drive the fly right into their fly rod blank.
That impact is a leading cause of fly rod breakage. It may not happen at
the time when the fly goes "whack" against your pricey graphite, but later on
you wonder why your blank shattered when you pulled on your leader.
Wes
Wes,
About ten
years ago, I "Clousered" a brand new Loomis GLX
9wt at 3 AM on Dogfish
Bar on
Martha's Vineyard . The rod broke about 3
or 4 casts after the contact. Fortunately, had
a
great connection at Loomis at the time and they
overnighted a rod the next
morning.
I
now use a "Well Digger's Arse" instead of a "Clouser" for most
uses.
JG
