"Bill Kiene" wrote in message
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Hello all U lovely ROFFers,

Last night I was casting across the lower American River, ~120 feet with
my new Sage TXL '000' weight rod. I almost had to double haul to reach the
other side. I was using my normal 27' hand tied leader (secret formula)
and had trouble turning over my 11' of 8x tippet? I did have a 27 mph head
wind so that might have been the problem. I did have rather large titanium
dumbbell eyes on my #8/0 x 16" Clouser Minnow that perfectly imitates an
injured female juvenile King salmon.

I was able to land a trophy class fish in each type of fish that is in the
river now. I was shocked that I could only land a small Yellow Fin Tuna of
about 32 pounds. We have had many big schools up as high as Sacramento
with the salt water intrusion in our Delta system. Where's the wassabi?

I haven't changed the anti-freeze in the radiator that cools my drag
system in years so that could be causing some excessive over heating as
well.

I almost have my new book finished, "How to catch fish on flies without
even trying!" I will send Kenny and Wolfy an autographed copy. In it there
is a special chapter on catching fish on your backcast.

PS: I am registered at Northrivers Jet Boats for a birthday or Christmas
present if anyone hits the lotto.

Cretin.

Wolfgang
look it up......it starts with a "c"