salt water.....

"Larry L" wrote in message
...

"rb608" wrote

But 50' or more of sinking line? You can't just pick that up & cast
it again.


shooting heads make a big difference

I've had good success with heads "too heavy" for the rod that I cut back a
inch or two at a time until they balanced that rod to my feel ... this
leaves you with a shorter than stock head. You still have to retrieve
all the way in or close to it ( not as hard for me since my experience is
limited to Stripers and they sometimes wait til they are damn near bumping
the boat to hit ) but one false cast to get the overhang you need ( head
out the guides ) and one delivery cast with a haul and you're fishing
again at a good long distance. ( unless the running line tangles or you
step on it ;-)


OH, OH, major flashback ... visualize a great haul and cast abruptly
stopped short by standing on the line


Now the story. My bride and I were backpacking and stopped in Little
Yosemite Valley ( aka black bear heaven ) the first night. To get the
packs and food up out of bears reach I tied a good sized rock to the end
of some 1/8" nylon rope, wound up swinging the rock in circles on the end
of a couple feet of line, and aiming to launch it over a distant limb in a
tree, let go. It zoomed at great speed towards that target ... until
it came up short because I was standing on most of the rope. Back came
that rock bashing me in the head and causing me to bleed a great deal, ...
which was almost as bad as the ego damageG.

Larry L ( macho outdoors guy extraordinaire ;-)

I rather have peanut butter on my head than blood!

john

"Larry L" wrote

good long distance. ( unless the running line tangles or you step on it
;-)



A stripping apron or better yet ( in a boat) basket is more than worth the
$$

The best I've ever used was basically a dish pan with truncated cones on the
bottom ... maybe an Orvis product?

I have a mesh apron supported by a belt that is "OK" but is hard to hit when
stripping fast and doesn't prevent tangles any where near as well as the
cone dealies

If i were planning a "cast, strip, cast, strip, cast, strip, cast, strip" -
trip I would certainly take shooting heads and get a cone style
stripping basket, the efficiency of the combination would add up to LOTS of
extra "fly in the water, actually fishing" time over a day

On Feb 24, 10:53*pm, "Larry L" wrote:

* I would certainly take shooting heads and get a cone style
stripping basket, the efficiency of the combination would add up to LOTS of
extra "fly in the water, actually fishing" time over a day

This is better;
http://www.flexi-stripper.com/User_manual.htm

TL
MC

On Feb 25, 6:33*am, wrote:
On Feb 24, 10:53*pm, "Larry L" wrote:

** I would certainly take shooting heads and get a cone style

stripping basket, the efficiency of the combination would add up to LOTS of
extra "fly in the water, actually fishing" time over a day

This is better;http://www.flexi-stripper.com/User_manual.htm

TL
MC

Just don't trip and faceplant...

--riverman

I'd like to thank you all for you comments...they have been most
informative...

conner, great job - far above and beyond the call of duty, I have a much
better understanding of it all..

.....and oh my god....rowan county...what the hell, I ain't gona live
forever...

john

i did a 3 - 4 hr session in cabo on a small
"tonga"........hadn't been salt water fishin' for
years.....i had a gread guide, and got hooked
up to a gret variety of fish...well worth the time & $$





On Feb 26, 11:43*pm, "asadi" wrote:
I'd like to thank you all for you comments...they have been most
informative...

conner, great job - far above and beyond the call of duty, I have a much
better understanding of it all..

....and oh my god....rowan county...what the hell, I ain't gona live
forever...

john

I've done just a little research and know that I could fish runs and river
mouths and maybe even reefs with my 8 weight...at present I have only a
sinking tip but have a spare spool for a full sinking...

I am wondering if I should go to a 9 or 10 or even more weight and/or
investigate ...ummm....what do you call them? "shooting heads?" Do those
allow greater distance or greater depth?

John,

As usual I come late to these discussions but I would highly recommend
getting Lou Tabory's Inshore Fly Fishing - 8 bucks w/shipping on ebay.
The best investment in salt water fly rodding you can make IMO.
It should cover all the water you will encounter from Maine to South
Carolina.
I'd advise using smaller rods than he uses but what do I know? I am
not fishing as he does for stripers the size of small Korean cars.

Kiyu

"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote in message
...
i did a 3 - 4 hr session in cabo on a small
"tonga"........hadn't been salt water fishin' for
years.....i had a gread guide, and got hooked
up to a gret variety of fish...well worth the time & $$





On Feb 26, 11:43 pm, "asadi" wrote:
I'd like to thank you all for you comments...they have been most
informative...

conner, great job - far above and beyond the call of duty, I have a much
better understanding of it all..

....and oh my god....rowan county...what the hell, I ain't gona live
forever...

john


It is a Panga. 21-22'. Super Panga is 23-26' skiff.

The only real water ffing I did the average size of the bones involved in the Bonaire, so I am far from an expert. However, I believe you can get 99 East Old North State and float most of the fishing effort. You just do not have so much fun, trying to catch anything really deep.