The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing by Company The Orvis. Rosenbauer Tom

Author:Company, The Orvis.,Rosenbauer, Tom.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Perseus Books, LLC
Published: 2011-02-02T05:00:00+00:00

A low rod tip like this keeps your line under control, especially when fishing a streamer.

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Why do you keep breaking off fish?

THE MOST OBVIOUS CULPRIT WHEN BREAKING OFF FISH is that the fish was just too big for the tippet you were using. That might be the case, especially when you strike in a proper manner (raising the tip of the rod or making a long quick strip just until you feel tension), especially if the fish is moving away from you when it strikes. But most fish break off due to operator error.

Many fish break the tippet because of poor knots. When you break off a fish, carefully examine the part that returns to you: a curlicue in the end of the tippet means the knot used to tie on the fly was not tightened properly, and a missing tippet with a pigtail in the end of the leader means your tippet-to-leader knot was defective. If your tippet comes back with a clean break in the middle of it, you may have gotten a “wind knot” in the middle of it, an overhand knot that gets tied in your leader, usually due not to the wind but to poor casting technique. We call them wind knots to make ourselves feel better. Inspect your tippet often for these little overhand knots and replace your tippet if you see them, because plain overhand knots cut the strength of your tippet in half.

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