bruiser wrote:

"rw" wrote in message

Why were you using such a long leader, Bruiser?
Weren't you just
stripping one of your huge sal****er streamers?


I was stripping one of those 6" long flies that Jacob told me to tie. My
leader was really pretty short - maybe 60" total of mono and about 10" of
wire. The whole thing was less than 6' long, but I didn't realize how much
I was bending the rod to get the fish to my feet - apparently enough that my
nail knot was up in my guides. Next time I'll make my leader even shorter,
maybe just 50" of 30 lb mono and then the wire. I will also epoxy my nail
knot to make it really smooth. The amazing thing was that my knots all
held. The wire to fly knot was about gone when I got the fish in.

How strong was the fish?

Stronger than a big Rio Grande carp?

Willi