On 24-Apr-2009, MajorOz wrote:

The youngsters, equipped with five grand worth of LLBean stuff, bobber
fish with #22 zebra's almost exclusively, and seem to catch all the
fish.


On 24-Apr-2009, MajorOz wrote:

The youngsters, equipped with five grand worth of LLBean stuff, bobber
fish with #22 zebra's almost exclusively, and seem to catch all the
fish.

I can no longer use anything under a size 16 maybe 18 but size 22 - Not for
a long time!
It ****es me off as I fumble around trying to tie a fly on that I cannot
even see anymore.
Sometimes on a trip I may even take alon a young punk or two as I have no
pride in asking for to help.
Its better than fumbling and groping around for 20 minutes

When I fished for stripers in NH a
I hated baiting an eel - Yuck!
But it is the best bait.
They wrap around your arm as you pop the hook thru them
Which was my original reason to switch to ff only
I caught less fish - but I did not care

The fun is in the experience and surroundings anyway - at least for me.

Fred