Walter & Group......
From Nial Logan:
Gordy,
I feel the common link
to approaching problems from different sides of the planet can be attributed to
not only working out a simple practical solutions but also to the abundance of
literature on a wide variety of subjects produced in the US by the many resident
notables. The majority of the things we do can be traced back to these
publications and are just variations of the ideas.
Take an idea on board,
try it, adapt as necessary for the situation and either adopt it or discard
it.
The study group
continues to be a source of inspiration and is a credit to the work you put into
it.
Regards
Nial
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From Charlie Shedd. My comments in his text in red italics. G. :
Dear Gordy Have been under the weather and am trying to catch up.
On fighting fish. I will change direction all the time with objective
of moving him one direction more than the other.
Good way to do it ! G.
On drag I have been using the lip trick by Lefty It is great.
Yes. This works fine. More practical than trying to do it with scales, etc. Best description is in LEFTY KREH'S ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FLY FISHING, 2003, ISBN 1-59228-111-7, p. 116. G.
My lips will take a little over one pound. Dry lips and line. I took 5
groups of 10 pennys each and weighted them. Came up with average
174 ,175 pennys to the pound. Four rolls of pennys (200) will be
approx. 1.15 pound I then tried to lift 3lbs off ground . attached
to fly line and rod
This is not a valid study as there was only one sample.there are too
many variables. My line was old 10 wt. and not really clean I will say
that there will be a difference in drag with rod held straight up as
opposed to 45 degrees or rod pointed directly at fish The re is a
problem with setting drags that have no index. No problem. Turn drag
off. Put a drop of nail polish on knob at point closest to real
seat. Use the lips or pennys and turn knob. You will have an
index On the rod I used it was 1 and a half turn from no drag.
I do the "lip drag setting" as Lefty does right off the reel. That way, the variable resistance added to this drag by the rod guides and tip tip which is very much dependant on the angle at which the rod is held isn't included. G.
I have been trying spectra for about 6 months. My biminis were not
very good then but getting a whole lot better I tried using 60 turns and
kept getting failure Started going down and when I reached 30 turns
the knots do not want to fail I have done this several times and
the results are the same Do not know what I am doing right or wrong
but the knots are holding at 30 turns .
The 60 turn twist for the modified Bimini should work fine. I'd have to watch you tie it to figure out the problem. I finish off the Bimini this way: 1. Half hitch around each arm of the loop. 2. Two half hitches around both arms of the loop. 3. A 4 or 5 X finish knot ( multi half hitch wound back upon itself and then pulled tight.) around both arms of the loop. G.
Tried to splice 2 sections of
spectra and now use two biminis loop to loop. Can also double
bimini and use 2 surgeon knot. What is your knot recommendation for
going from spectra to fly line . I hear you are using a piece on
Mono Any tricks with knots or anything else would really be
appreciated.
First of all, I've gone to thicker Spectra for big game salty critters. Now I use 80 lb. material. I loop the Bimini loop to a 6 turn Duncan loop in a 20' to 40' segment of 40# nylon mono (loop-to-loop). Then I loop the mono to a small loop which I've made on the rear end of the fly line. This is done mainly so the Spectra won't wear or cut through the fly line at the connection.
Leader assembly is a whole different topic. G.
Charlie
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