Originally Posted by
BS
I think the above in bold is the key here.
A ~ 41 foot head is a whole lot of fly line to airealize and get to roll out consistently like you're trying to do.
I'm curious to see if a different line/leader/fly combo changes your results as well.
I'm thinking a ~ 30' ish head will yield much better results for you.
Just my thoughts,
Bob
That does support one of my leading suspicions so far. Thing is I’m carrying more line than that on most of those casts too (probably closer to 50?). When I’m casting with just the head outside the tip I don’t tend to have many issues, but I am finding that to get more distance I can only shoot so much line; hence I’ve been toying around with both picking up more line and/or shooting a few feet into my back cast. I need to get back out and double check that a bit more carefully, maybe mark some distances on the line so I can see exactly how consistent I am with various amounts of line. I probably also need to spend a bit more of my time casting in the 40-60’ range, but damn it’s fun to get to see that line really fly when I get a good one!
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