I have a friend who makes a beautiful looped multi-tip system I swear
by. He calls himself the Twisted Fisherman and his lines are avaiable at
Avid Angler, Creekside, and Morning Hatch fly shops. The beauty of his lines
are the small loops that connect the tips and line. They are formed from the
core and are small enough to slide easily through the guides.
I use a 12/13wt. Scientific Anglers Mastery Series Spey/Salmon weight
forward floating line on my G Loomis 14' 9/10 wt. I have 3 sinking tips, 13'
10wt type 4 122gr, 15' 11wt. type 6 145gr, 15' 12wt. type 4 200gr, and a
floater.
Tight lines my friends,
Charlie
> From: "Book Master" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:05:08 -0700 (PDT)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Newcomer to your group with questions!
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> Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:05:41 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Hi,
> Just wanted to introduce myself (as your "subscribe"
> info. suggested).
> My name is John Townsell. I already know some of you
> whose comments I have seen. I am a member of the WFFC
> (Washington Fly Fishing Club) based in Seattle and the
> EFFC (Evergreen Fly Fishing Club) based in Everett
> (but don't hold that against me, guys)!! I enjoy fly
> tying and fly fishing for trout (lake and stream),
> steelhead, salmon and bass and have been fly fishing
> on and off most of my life. I am retired from Boeing
> (don't hold that against me either, OK?).
> I do have a need for some information.
> I have a couple of two-handed (Spey) fly rods that I
> need more line info about, hopefully by someone who
> has learned "the hard way" so I won't have to!!
> The rods are: 13' #7-#8 4 pc. Sage Graphite III and a
> 14' #9-#10 3 pc. Lamiglas Im149 Graphite.
> Having "lived thru" the recent exchange of info.
> regarding whether a rod is too heavy or too light for
> steelhead, I would just like info. regarding your
> suggestions for lines for the above rods; esp. any
> info about "home-made' lines or possible manufacturers
> lines deemed superior to any "handmade" lines.
> In the August-September 1999 issue of
> Salmon-Trout-Steelheader, Bill Herzog wrote what I
> think was a very informative article titled "The
> Two-Handed Transition" about Spey rods. In the
> article, he gave a formula for making a line for his
> 14' #8-#9 rod. He also stated "I have gone almost
> exclusively to a lighter, 13 foot, 7 weight for all
> two-handed fishing "...
> Since my 14' rod is a #9-#10 and not a #8-#9 like his,
> I am sure some modifications to his line formula are
> in order and just wonder if any of you have
> made/purchased any lines "my rods" size.
> And since he didn't give any formula for a line for
> his 13' #7 rod (which may be the same as my 13'
> #7-#8), I'd like any info you may have on this.
> These days, river-wise, I mostly fish the Skykomish,
> Stillaguamish, Skagit and the Sauk rivers for
> steelhead and sea-run cutthroat trout.
> I am not a novice and I know that many things like
> current speed, depth, necessary length of casts, etc.
> go into determining a line and its characteristics.
> However, "Ya gotta start somewhere"...
> I am interested in lines to cover "surface to
> bottom-dredging", esp. "loop-tip" line systems such as
> various sink-tips loop-connected to a floating line.
> Well, this is a "long-winded' way of saying "Howdy"
> and "Can you help me?"
> Thanks in advance,
> John Townsell
>
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