responsible flyfisherman?

"Ernie" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote
*There is a wide range of polymers that include chlorine and/or
fluorine. That a particular polymer or class of polymers
currently
used in the making of fishing lines and containing one or both of
these elements goes by the name of "fluorocarbon" should not be
construed as suggesting that older and more familiar products lack
them.


Looks like we better go back to Silk Worm Gut.
Ernie

Well, looked at from a geological perspective, or compared to other
ecologically questionable products like plutonium, petroleum and
mercury, or practices such as strip mining or clear cutting, dumping
uncounted centimeter long pieces of long chain polymers in the world's
streams, lakes, and oceans looks a wee bit less horrific.

On the other hand, I've got a mulberry tree!

Wolfgang

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"steve" wrote in message
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Again you are forgetting about the line that you lose from a snag or
from a fish. If you loose it to a rock you could easily have 4 feet
of
line.

LOSE! The word is LOSE, fool.

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Come on Cyli, your moderator job is on the line here, slap
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- Ken

Greg writes:

It's Someone Else's Problem, eh ?

Where did I say that, Greg? If I'm on a stream and I see something, I will
pick it up. If I go to a bait chucker's stream (Burrell's Ford on the Chatauga
in N. Georgia), I will need a large dump truck to remove everything. I *did*
take out a small trash bag full of bait containers (looked like a Chinese Food
orgy) and other crap.

So, please, get off your high horse before you fall and hurt yourself.
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

"steve" wrote in message
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*BUT* one of the places I buy from carries ONE brand of flourocarbin in
the bulk for 3 cents a yard (y line) and I am thinking of switching

I wouldn't, if I were you! Ya know that stuff NEVER degrades, I've heard.

Op --who only uses black or red liquorice string--

Steve writes innocently:

Are you sure FC will degrade? The article in the flyfishing mag I read
said it will NEVER degrade. They also said that fish get caught in
snagged off leader. They werent anti FC, they were for it saying how
great it is. They just mentioned that as one con.

How long have you been fishing? Have you *EVER* seen a fish snagged in FC or
mono? I sure as hell haven't. If I use FC, I use it as a tippet, and tie on
less than two feet. In the waters I've fished, I have never seen FC *or* mono
loose in the water, much less snagging fish.

Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

Op --who only uses black or red liquorice string--

You get more strikes on the red, or the black?

Do you put a caramel on the end of the leader to keep 'em from spitting the
fly?

--
Stev Lenon

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Op --who only uses black or red liquorice string--


Take it to the baitfishin' group then.

Totally unethical.

Kevin

"slenon" wrote in message
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Op --who only uses black or red liquorice string--

You get more strikes on the red, or the black?

Do you put a caramel on the end of the leader to keep 'em from spitting
the
fly?

--
Stev Lenon


It's never really mattered. While liquorice is a great cause ya don't have
to tie knots (just mash leader ends together, they'll stick for a while),
limp candy seems to degrade immediately upon contact with water. Go figure?
Flyz are another problem. Findin' liquorice sting small enuff to go through
the eye of a #18 parachute Adams has been some what problematic.

Not to worry though, I'm workin' with a very fine Angel-hair pasta,
presently. Of course, ya gotta cook it first and there is seldom a kitchen
wall to throw it at, to see that it is properly done, but I'm always willin'
to try new wayz of combinin' my favorite activities: eatin' and fishin'!

Op --does anyone know, if cat gut degrades fairly rapidly, and what's it
taste like?--

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"steve" wrote in message
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Again you are forgetting about the line that you lose from a snag or
from a fish. If you loose it to a rock you could easily have 4 feet
of
line.

LOSE! The word is LOSE, fool.

If its mono it will break down and disintegrate. If its
polycarbin it will stay in tact for life.

INTACT is one word. And what the hell does "for life" mean? Whose
life? The life of the line? I should hope so.
(snip)
Wolfgang


then too, while fools may or may not take as long to disintegrate as
fluorocarbon line (depending on specific local conditions), they
certainly do a great deal more damage for the life of the product.

hilarious, even if just the *tiniest* bit too difficult for the subject
matter to digest; or, more accurately, to integrate.

yfitons
wayno (i'm all about syntax)

*There is a wide range of polymers that include chlorine and/or
fluorine. That a particular polymer or class of polymers currently
used in the making of fishing lines and containing one or both of
these elements goes by the name of "fluorocarbon" should not be
construed as suggesting that older and more familiar products lack
them.

"Kevin Vang" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...


Op --who only uses black or red liquorice string--


Take it to the baitfishin' group then.

Totally unethical.

Kevin

ELITIST!

Op