On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 18:28:30 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

I fish two or three places, Hebgen gulpers, Davis Lake damsel hatch, and
others similar, where I have yet to feel I've "solved" the casting
requirements of the situation. Specifically, you have a long line out on
the water and want to pick it up and lay it down quickly in a new direction
to cover a riser that has cruised into range. All stripping in of line to
get to the 'head," and false casting use up valuable time ..... cover
these fish quickly and you've got him ... take a while and you probably
guessed wrong on where he was headed. I need to be able to pick up a long
floating line off a stillwater and maximize my minimal abilities doing so.

My question, as my post season tackle check shows my lake floating line
cracked and ready for replacement, is there a specialty taper available that
will help in this situation?

For kickboating stillwaters, I, usually, fish an 25++ year old Scott 10ft
5wt that is lovely for the work, in general, and I have a wide variety of
lines for it. But it's rather slow in action ... maybe one of the 'modern'
broomstick rods would be best for this special situation? I doubt I'll
invest in a special rod, but if I did, what 5wt rod would be best, period ?
best for the buck? is the TFO 5wt TICR suitable?



Forgot to mention Brian Chan's book, "Stillwater Fly Fishing". I'm
sure that it would be a decent source as well as any UK stillwater
book. Since fishing on rivers and streams in the UK, can be very
expensive, a lot of fishing is done via day tickets to local
reservoirs or ponds. So, there's a lot of expertise there on
stillwater trout fishing. BTW, a 5 wt. would be considered very light
by UK standards for lake fishing. This Sunday, I watched a Canadian
fishing show where they're fishing for rainbows, from kickboats, on a
BC lake, using 8 wts.! They had to -- you should've seen the hogs
they were landing.

Peter

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