knotted leader/tippet help

On Apr 18, 8:45 am, "Wolfgang" wrote:

Non sequitur. A fly in the air has nothing to do with an inability to tie
knots quickly and without fuss.

If it takes you 20 minutes to tie on a new nymph rig that's 50 drifts
you didn't have. I swear you'd argue a wet dream.

Your pal,

TBone

Halfordian Golfer wrote:
On Apr 16, 7:09 am, "Wolfgang" wrote:

Forget you ever heard of blood knots.

Wolfgang


I respectfully disagree and consider the blood knot as one of the
[only] 4 you need for a clean rig.

Line - needle knot - flourescent butt section - blood knot -
tapered leader - surgeons knot - tippet- choice (clinch) - fly

I too like the blood knot for the butt/leader connection because they're
smoother and go through the guides better. Strength isn't an issue and
they're easy to tie in heavy mono.

For the leader/tippet connection strength and ease and speed of tying is
important, so I prefer the surgeon's for that connection.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"Halfordian Golfer" wrote in message
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On Apr 18, 8:45 am, "Wolfgang" wrote:

Non sequitur. A fly in the air has nothing to do with an inability to
tie
knots quickly and without fuss.

If it takes you 20 minutes to tie on a new nymph rig that's 50 drifts
you didn't have.

If it takes you 20 minutes to tie on a new numph that nymph is not flying in
the air.

I swear you'd argue a wet dream.

If you spent more time thinking and less in wet dreams you'd have a lot less
reason to swear.

Wolfgang

wrote:
Hey Wofgang
You are as pathetic as your name and your stupidm stupid comments about
people
Just a sad ****ed up little little man probably w a small penis

good riddance!'

Plonk

Venceremos

Alfredo

i'm thinkin rod serling is smiling as he decays...

wrote:

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:06:37 -0400, jeff miller
wrote:


jeff miller wrote:


Larry L wrote:
No, I don't fish dawn to dusk, ... that is for


the once a year ...on vacation .... guys.



uh...not exactly...

jeff (vacations several times a year...fishes some every month of the
year...and dusk to dawn generally offers the best light...)


yeah, yeah...i know...dawn to dusk...but at least i'm not bitter... and
it had potential for humor.

jeff (in the dark about a whole lot more than just fishing) g


Guess what - in many cases, dusk to dawn DOES provide the "best light"
for catching...hey, fishing can be done 24/7/365, in all sorts of
weather...

TC,
R

though i've done it and observed it, other than when walking the
shallows with a lamp and attempting to gig flounder (haven't done that
in decades, but it was fun), i hate night fishing. tough to tie knots,
see casts, spot the take, etc. it just don't do it for me. and, i have
enough trouble ambulating in daylight hours. but...dawn to dusk, i'm
there with any that want to try to solve the mystery...

jeff

Chip Thomas wrote:

jeff miller wrote:

Larry L wrote:
No, I don't fish dawn to dusk, ... that is for

the once a year ...on vacation .... guys.



uh...not exactly...

jeff (vacations several times a year...fishes some every month of the
year...and dusk to dawn generally offers the best light...)


Doesn't that light level work best for the members of the Helen Keller
fly fishing club?

see my note writ at 7:06 pm... apparently it wasn't visible when you
writ yers... g

jeff

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:08:40 -0400, jeff miller
wrote:

wrote:

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:06:37 -0400, jeff miller
wrote:


jeff miller wrote:


Larry L wrote:
No, I don't fish dawn to dusk, ... that is for


the once a year ...on vacation .... guys.



uh...not exactly...

jeff (vacations several times a year...fishes some every month of the
year...and dusk to dawn generally offers the best light...)


yeah, yeah...i know...dawn to dusk...but at least i'm not bitter... and
it had potential for humor.

jeff (in the dark about a whole lot more than just fishing) g


Guess what - in many cases, dusk to dawn DOES provide the "best light"
for catching...hey, fishing can be done 24/7/365, in all sorts of
weather...

TC,
R

though i've done it and observed it, other than when walking the
shallows with a lamp and attempting to gig flounder (haven't done that
in decades, but it was fun), i hate night fishing. tough to tie knots,
see casts, spot the take, etc. it just don't do it for me. and, i have
enough trouble ambulating in daylight hours. but...dawn to dusk, i'm
there with any that want to try to solve the mystery...

jeff

Actually, I was thinking more of a full moon kinda thing, esp. on the
blue/green - it provides plenty of light - rather than just FFing, for
trout or otherwise.

TC,
R

wrote:

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:08:40 -0400, jeff miller
wrote:


wrote:


On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:06:37 -0400, jeff miller
wrote:



jeff miller wrote:



Larry L wrote:
No, I don't fish dawn to dusk, ... that is for



the once a year ...on vacation .... guys.



uh...not exactly...

jeff (vacations several times a year...fishes some every month of the
year...and dusk to dawn generally offers the best light...)


yeah, yeah...i know...dawn to dusk...but at least i'm not bitter... and
it had potential for humor.

jeff (in the dark about a whole lot more than just fishing) g


Guess what - in many cases, dusk to dawn DOES provide the "best light"
for catching...hey, fishing can be done 24/7/365, in all sorts of
weather...

TC,
R

though i've done it and observed it, other than when walking the
shallows with a lamp and attempting to gig flounder (haven't done that
in decades, but it was fun), i hate night fishing. tough to tie knots,
see casts, spot the take, etc. it just don't do it for me. and, i have
enough trouble ambulating in daylight hours. but...dawn to dusk, i'm
there with any that want to try to solve the mystery...

jeff


Actually, I was thinking more of a full moon kinda thing, esp. on the
blue/green - it provides plenty of light - rather than just FFing, for
trout or otherwise.

TC,
R

ah...yup, there is that... i have aspirations to do an overnight on the
gulf stream...but, my boat is a bit small and i've never been sure
enough of the wakefullness of my mates, sufficient fuel, or the
winds/waves. plenty of light on the boat to take care of my own night
blindness, but lots of big ships out there, and the weather off the
outer banks is more fickle than a woman in hot flash... still, the
gossip of full moon marlin and my nearness to the end-times has me
tempted to give it a go ...

jeff

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:13:04 -0400, jeff miller
wrote:

though i've done it and observed it, other than when walking the
shallows with a lamp and attempting to gig flounder (haven't done that
in decades, but it was fun), i hate night fishing. tough to tie knots,
see casts, spot the take, etc. it just don't do it for me. and, i have
enough trouble ambulating in daylight hours. but...dawn to dusk, i'm
there with any that want to try to solve the mystery...

jeff


Actually, I was thinking more of a full moon kinda thing, esp. on the
blue/green - it provides plenty of light - rather than just FFing, for
trout or otherwise.

TC,
R

ah...yup, there is that... i have aspirations to do an overnight on the
gulf stream...but, my boat is a bit small and i've never been sure
enough of the wakefullness of my mates, sufficient fuel, or the
winds/waves. plenty of light on the boat to take care of my own night
blindness, but lots of big ships out there, and the weather off the
outer banks is more fickle than a woman in hot flash... still, the
gossip of full moon marlin and my nearness to the end-times has me
tempted to give it a go ...

jeff

Get up a group and book a tuna trip out of Venice, LA, or even a 2-3
trip out of many places on the FL-AL-MS-LA Gulf Coast. If you get
interested in such, and want some input, email me.

As to the "Old Man and the Sea" thang, if you don't think you're up to
it, you're not. I don't mean that sarcastically - IMO, if more folks
listened when that little voice said, "Um, this probably isn't such a
good idea...," they'd be a whole lot better off when it comes to stuff
like blue water boating.

If the weather had been right, we were headed out tomorrow for a
2-nighter. As it stands, it'll likely be a Sunday-out-to-the-island
(Horn) with the gals, but hey, that's fun, too.

TC,
R

wrote:

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:13:04 -0400, jeff miller
wrote:


though i've done it and observed it, other than when walking the
shallows with a lamp and attempting to gig flounder (haven't done that
in decades, but it was fun), i hate night fishing. tough to tie knots,
see casts, spot the take, etc. it just don't do it for me. and, i have
enough trouble ambulating in daylight hours. but...dawn to dusk, i'm
there with any that want to try to solve the mystery...

jeff


Actually, I was thinking more of a full moon kinda thing, esp. on the
blue/green - it provides plenty of light - rather than just FFing, for
trout or otherwise.

TC,
R

ah...yup, there is that... i have aspirations to do an overnight on the
gulf stream...but, my boat is a bit small and i've never been sure
enough of the wakefullness of my mates, sufficient fuel, or the
winds/waves. plenty of light on the boat to take care of my own night
blindness, but lots of big ships out there, and the weather off the
outer banks is more fickle than a woman in hot flash... still, the
gossip of full moon marlin and my nearness to the end-times has me
tempted to give it a go ...

jeff


Get up a group and book a tuna trip out of Venice, LA, or even a 2-3
trip out of many places on the FL-AL-MS-LA Gulf Coast. If you get
interested in such, and want some input, email me.

As to the "Old Man and the Sea" thang, if you don't think you're up to
it, you're not. I don't mean that sarcastically - IMO, if more folks
listened when that little voice said, "Um, this probably isn't such a
good idea...," they'd be a whole lot better off when it comes to stuff
like blue water boating.

If the weather had been right, we were headed out tomorrow for a
2-nighter. As it stands, it'll likely be a Sunday-out-to-the-island
(Horn) with the gals, but hey, that's fun, too.

TC,
R


agree...and will do.

i'm off to harkers island tomorrow in search of puppy drum and whatever
might surrender to my inshore dawn-dusk pursuits... g

jeff