"Kevin Vang" wrote

It's a 60 ft. line, where most lines are 90 ft.,
if that makes a difference to you. (If you're a beginning caster, it
won't make any difference for years, trust me.) It's a bright yellow
line, so it's easy to see, which is especially important when
you are learning.



I use one on my 6wt nymphing rod , it does fine ... ( I think, the thing is
yellow and 60ft )


Also, when I get to feeling depressed about my skills I take out the rod and
'practice' with it .... after a few tries I'm "casting the entire line" and
just being able to say that does wonders for my ego G


Hehe, I was reading a book by a "famous fly fishing author" last night and
interspersed within his claims that run close to " I invented fly fishing"
are comments about 90++ foot casts to rising fish on the Henry's Fork ....
talk about ego, this guy has one G FWIW, I've fished 'around' many
rather famous anglers on the Fork and without exception they were making far
more effort to approach the fish closely than to make epic casts .... the
intricate currents make long casts a recipe for failure. THE best ( most
consistent catcher ) angler I know that is a Fork regular probably averages
less than 25 foot, angler to fish for his casts. One thing I've grown to
accept is that "published author" and ability to do it are NOT always
related ... I've known this for years about dog training where I've been
paid to train dogs by several people that were "published" on the topic but
could barely 'train' a hungry dog to eat, themselves .... the last few
years as my FFing experience grows and I have reason/ occasion to compare
what I see with what is written I've begun to seriously question many FFing
authors in this area of writing vs doing.

Opps, done it again ... strayed from my original reason for posting .... my
"stream of consciousness" often overflows it's banks flooding innocent
bystanders in mucky, muddy, goo.