owen
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Post by owen on Jun 29, 2009 20:37:24 GMT
Spent a frustrating (and not inexpensive) few hours snapping leaders and losing flies last week. Went back to the car and dug out the maxima and all was well.
Though I was overhead casting and often catching the water behind me by my humble standards wasnt doing anything particularly badly.
Leaders 18lb Seagur 4-5' off the end of a 7ips short tip. Not old gear, used already this season a few times and kept in the dark but confidence now lost. Snapping about an inch below the loop knot rather than down by the fly. Can it be this brittle?
Never had fluro behave like this before though I normally just spey rather than overhead. Any ideas??
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tweedsider
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Post by tweedsider on Jul 3, 2009 9:05:07 GMT
Hi Owen I have stuck to Maxima for the past 20 years for all my game fishing. In that time I have lost one fish through knot failure and I blame that on my early clumsy attempts at spey casting having damaged the knot. In salmon angling I do not think the same finess in end leader is required as in say casting a dry fly to some of the craft trout on Tweed's dubs and pools.
Tweedsider
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eskimoo
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Post by eskimoo on Jul 3, 2009 17:06:39 GMT
Had the same with seagur snapping at the loop, you can try a blood knot at the top (works better) but I think that it is great leader but any heat or distortion during knotting does put a fatal weakness into the fluro so take time and really moisten the knot, I now use Rio powerflex copoloymer.
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Post by sinkingtip on Jul 4, 2009 10:05:22 GMT
Went back to the car and dug out the maxima and all was well. And therein lies the lesson. Maxima every time - it does what it says on the tin. |
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owen
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Post by owen on Jul 4, 2009 14:00:05 GMT
Thanks for the thoughts chaps, not a complete loss Im now happy to report.
After weeding out a border last weekend, I returned to it this weekend to put in plants only to find the local cats have kindly filled the entire border with their bum chocolate in the interim.
Seagur now tied between a complex system of tent pegs to keep them out till the plants get a hold and the soil hardens back up.
Wouldn't waste Maxima on such a venture but won't be using the Fluro again so may as well do something with it. ;D
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