brandon4455
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Sirdriftsalot. said:yeah brandon they are hard to land sometimes, I only bat about 50 % on summers and a little bit better on winters. That instant of when the fish indicates the fly and the hook set is required is very important, you want to bury that hook into that steel gum with a good Directional Hook Set. Hooks are very important as well, tying your own flies you can really dive into the hook world, 3x strong, 4 x strong, The Dai riki scuds are lethal, hooks with a wide gape are important, stonefly nymphs tied on jig hooks are insane, and the super fine point hook, I have only seen them a couple of times but they are sharpened on both sides of the hook. Proper tippet is always good, I am a full time student so I run out of the above list all the time. I think longer rods help land fish as well, Like nymphing with a 11" 7 wt switch rod is legit, good hook sets and deadly drifts with switch rods.
ive been wanting a switch rod for better line control and all that, might grab an 8wt switch to use for coho and steel, i just use a 9ft 8wt single hander right now for those two fishand it works pretty good even alnded a chinook on it and hooked a few other chromers that popped off, the extra length would be nice though. an 8wt rio indicator line and an 8wt switch rod...man that thign would shoot line and the mending would be effortless