Russell D. wrote:
rw wrote:

The first no-no, which should be immediately obvious to anyone who
has flyfished more than once in his or her life, is that you should
never allow the flyline to wrap itself around the butt section of
the rod.

I never *allow* my fly line to wrap around the butt section of my rod.
It just goes ahead and does it sometimes. All the scolding in the
world does not seem to help. ;-(

Exactly. Anyone who *hasn't* ended up with this mess from time to time isn't fly
fishing.

How deep are you digging this hole, Steve?
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TL,
Tim
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