Re: Light Outfits....
Originally Posted by
Darian
DARIAN,
I hear where you are coming from on Bowing the rod to the Fish..
However, I think Mike is eluding to pointing the rod directly at the Fish to avoid any pressure on the rod.. I Bow the rod to the Fish in Baja..(watching Neophytes down there doin' the "Orvis Pose" while tight into a red hot Dorado make me Cringe )
I stay "Down & Dirty" while fighting such fish, never left the rod over my head, always trying to stay at right angles to the fish..
If Mark is only targeting Perch with these Light rigs, and he seems to be cautious with the limits of such light gear I guess it's O.K.
Thought I have afew More Questions for Mark:
a Teeny 150 grain integrated head is for Fast 5 wt rods.. it's an rather Intense Overload for 3 wts. and lighter... How far down into the rod does the flex go with this Overloading??? I'm curious as to this because you mention you have Tendinitis and I am thinking to that overloading such light Rods and having them over-flex might be adding to this aliment of Yours...(The Light rod can't handle the load and transmits it down into your arm...??)
What size Tippet are you using??? I ask this because in Combs' "Bluewater Flyfishing" Trey mentions that 16lb. test can break a 10 wt. rod.. I'd hazard a guess that a 3wt. (or lighter) would be easy to break with 5 lb. test..
When you are Fighting the fish "from the Reel", how do you control the fish??? Without the Leverage of the rod, which is what it's for during the fight, how do you lead or turn the fish during the fight???
Mark, I'm not trying to rip you, it's just that some folks are out there Go way under gunned in their fishing.. I enjoy going lighter But there's a limit to when it basically seems ridiculous and it will do nothing but Harm to the fish, cause you cannot control and lead the fish during the fight...
Hell in the Surf I originally fished with an 8wt... But nowadays I'm mostly fishing a 6wt..(except when the Winter swells are up, then I bump it up to my 7wt...)
I'm there with Paul, when targeting Leopard Sharks, i won't use my 6wt.. you'll never get the upper hand in the fight and all you'll do is get railed and break the shark off... Minimum I'll target Sharks with is my 7wt.. (it's a Sage Rplxi ) , I can control the shark with the 7wt.. I couldn't with anything lighter...
If you are targeting just Surfperch, I'll give you credit there with the 3wts...
Maybe down the road the new technologies will be available to us Flyfishers & I might try a lighter rod in the Surf (a 3wt.) But since the chance to hook something Bigger is always there in the Surf... I'll stick with the trusty 6wt...
Thought I am enjoying reading your posts about your methods, you certainly are on top of what you are doing....
DEAN ~~
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