Questions on Redington CT (click and pawl) reel

Charlie Choc wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:22:50 -0800, rw
wrote:



It's actually more of an aesthetic thing, I guess. I don't like that big
wad of mono on my leader,


Try tying a small perfection loop instead of a bow. g

No matter how small you tie your loop, there's going to be a section of
doubled-up mono.

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"Scott Seidman" wrote...
rw wrote:
Charlie Choc wrote:
rw wrote:

It's actually more of an aesthetic thing, I guess. I don't like that
big wad of mono on my leader,


Try tying a small perfection loop instead of a bow. g

No matter how small you tie your loop, there's going to be a section
of doubled-up mono.


That doubled up mono is right on top of your fly line, at least if you're
using a braided connector. It's only slightly less stealthy than the
flyline itself. Your fly is nine feet away from that, or maybe even 12 if
the situation merits that.

I can think of plenty of reasons why I don't catch fish, and insufficient
stealth is probably one of them, but I haven't gotten around to blaming my
leader loop for it.

Stealth, to me, is recovering the fly without shaking the tree too much.
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"Tim J." wrote in message
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Stealth, to me, is recovering the fly without shaking the tree too
much.

Bobbing back to the surface with a minimum of disturbance and drying
without being detected by fishing companions.

Wolfgang
not as easy as it sounds.

On 10/31/03 11:57 AM, in article , "Tim
J." wrote:

"Scott Seidman" wrote...
I can think of plenty of reasons why I don't catch fish, and insufficient
stealth is probably one of them, but I haven't gotten around to blaming my
leader loop for it.

Stealth, to me, is recovering the fly without shaking the tree too much.

SPLORK!

There goes the Top Ramen....

Bill, catcher of trees

chuck wrote:snip Interesting. So you actually add your loop-to-loop at the
tippet
end? Wouldn't that be more prone to picking up vegetation than a
surgeon's knot connection? I've been using a three-turn surgeon for
tippets and the perfection loop on the leader and mono butt.


Everything picks up vegatation around here. I didn't say i enjoyed doing ith
loop-to-loop at the tippet, it just jeeps me from shortening the main part of
the leader more. The only way I have found to keep that loop-to-loop from
looking too fragile is to stick to 3x for tippet. Now I know a bunch of the
trout guys will have strokes for me saying this, but the bluegill and bass
don't seem to care.

Big Dale