On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, CR wrote:
You mean double the Fireline before I begin tying and then treat the
doubled section as if it were just a single strand?

Yes. Make sure that the mono portion of the double uniknot is wrapped
around a straight portion of the Fireline. Each uniknot should form a
"barrel" around the standing line. Since the Fireline is limp the mono
uniknot can easily get twisted up with the Fireline which results in a
weak connection. Here is a little tip from Ralph Cutter's excellent book
"Sierra Trout Guide": Forget the mono leader. Go to the fly shop and buy
some caddis larvae flies. Ask for the "uncased" variety. Some caddis
larvae build little "houses" out of stone or wood and live inside them.
The free-living caddis don't have such a case. Put some split shot about
18 inches up from the fly. Use typewriter correction tape to color the
the last 18" of line white in order to imitate the silken strands that
these little bugs dangle from. Let this tumble downstream (with enought
splt shot to get the fly to the bottom) and see what happens. Check under
the rocks in your river to see if free-living caddis can be found. I
haven't used this tip myself but it would be interesting to see if it
works for you.

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