Trinity Steelhead pic

"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
...

...This group had been
very helpful and just want to say thanks for all your expertise and
patience...aside from the mudslinging at eachother.

Um......that ain't mud.

Wolfgang
sniff......sniff....

"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
...

...This group had been
very helpful and just want to say thanks for all your expertise and
patience...aside from the mudslinging at eachother.

Um......that ain't mud.

Wolfgang
sniff......sniff....

Peter Charles wrote:

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:35:41 -0700, Willi & Sue
wrote:


Peter Charles wrote:

Heavier tackle and low

risk photo techniques are better for C&R.


That was my argument against 7X, I guess I don't understand your point?

Willi




My point was that 7 X FC provides enough strength to land the typical
resident trout within a reasonable period of time because the vast
majority of resident trout can't put that much pressure against the
tip of a rod and neither can the angler if the rod is held high. The
problem arises when the rod tip drops and the fish is played on the
reel and the butt. I can't palm a reel with the delicacy that the rod
tip can provide, and I doubt I'm alone with this inadequacy..

We should be able to land a fish that weighs about three times the
rated strength of our tippet. So, we should be able to land a 5 lb.
fish with 2.7 lb. tippet without a problem.



Peter

Umm...ok? Where can I buy this stuff...NASA? ;-)

brians

Peter Charles wrote:

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:35:41 -0700, Willi & Sue
wrote:


Peter Charles wrote:

Heavier tackle and low

risk photo techniques are better for C&R.


That was my argument against 7X, I guess I don't understand your point?

Willi




My point was that 7 X FC provides enough strength to land the typical
resident trout within a reasonable period of time because the vast
majority of resident trout can't put that much pressure against the
tip of a rod and neither can the angler if the rod is held high. The
problem arises when the rod tip drops and the fish is played on the
reel and the butt. I can't palm a reel with the delicacy that the rod
tip can provide, and I doubt I'm alone with this inadequacy..

We should be able to land a fish that weighs about three times the
rated strength of our tippet. So, we should be able to land a 5 lb.
fish with 2.7 lb. tippet without a problem.



Peter

Umm...ok? Where can I buy this stuff...NASA? ;-)

brians

Peter

Umm...ok? Where can I buy this stuff...NASA? ;-)

brians

Hey, you live down there, you figure it out. I just buy your exports.

Peter

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Peter

Umm...ok? Where can I buy this stuff...NASA? ;-)

brians

Hey, you live down there, you figure it out. I just buy your exports.

Peter

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However, if you have to release all but one, it's best to fight the
rest quickly and release them at low risk. Heavier tackle and low
risk photo techniques are better for C&R.

Peter

All too true. We've had some discussions on a sw forum regarding proper
techniques to catch and release bluefish. Many just treat this as a trash fish,
undeservedly, or are afraid to deal with their teeth.

For me, I catch so few large trout, that when I do, it's all I can do to decide
what to do with the fish. I never tire of reading reminders about proper fish
fighting, holding, photo ops, releasing so that somehow my dense braincells
will retain this info in the heat of the moment.

Congrats, Tom, and thanks to all for sharing tips ++.

-- Rob
-- so much fishing, so little time --
--please remuv the 'NOWAY2it' from my email addy to email me--

Tom Nakashima wrote:
First steelhead on the Trinity river in Northern California, Nov. 11,
2004 Orvis PM-10 9' 6w SA 6WF floating line, 7 1/2 ft leader, 18"
tippet. #6 Golden bead assassin.
Thanks for all the help from the news group.
http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/tom2.jpg
-tom

Very nice. Wish I was there.
--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps

Tom Nakashima wrote:
First steelhead on the Trinity river in Northern California, Nov. 11,
2004 Orvis PM-10 9' 6w SA 6WF floating line, 7 1/2 ft leader, 18"
tippet. #6 Golden bead assassin.
Thanks for all the help from the news group.
http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/tom2.jpg
-tom

Very nice. Wish I was there.
--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps

Peter Charles wrote

4X isn't the problem, a 6 wt. singole hander is. I land much larger
steelies on 4X but I'm not using a little, wimpy six weight when I
do
it. Those steelies in the photos I posted were landed on the
equivalent of 4X.

Unless one is fighting wind or using weighted flies, I think a good
6wt with backbone is plenty of rod to handle steelhead in the 5-12 lb
range. My regular summer steelhead rod is a 9ft Sage VPS 6wt. Using
8-10 lb tippet, I can quickly bull even hot fish in with it. I recall
being undergunned only once, and I broke the fish off with no qualms.