Re: Setting up your drag
That's me too. I don't usually have the luxury of sitting down and calculating exact drag tensions by the amount of line on the spool or anything like that. I'm sure there's very valid reasons for doing that but it doesn't fit with my style of fishing.
Regarding the spooky fish, I fish on lakes and in streams and rivers in Northern California and Oregon for the most part. Fishing in low clear slow moving water is about as tricky as it gets when it comes to presenting your offering. If you slap the line on the water or create any disturbance at all you could easily spook a beautiful brown or rainbow trout. Often it's the only one around it only takes one mistake to end your catching for the day. That's when I prefer the nail knot with a very light coating of Gorilla rubber cement. I think it helps to cause it to slip into the water and follow the leader rather than chase it and make a ripple.
Hey, NGT how's it? Want to go float for 1/2 pounders at Wohler Bridge mid Novemeber? I'm booked with clients the last week of October up at Eagle Lake. My friend is overbooked with fly boys and has asked me to take her boat people. I'll be up at the lake this Saturday if you want to go, if not I'll be going at least once a week until I head up North again just holler at me, you've got my number or PM me.
I'm there too. I set them totally by feel. Ultra lites I can pull line easily. Walleye, not so easy but not hard by any means. Muskie, I set the drag pretty tight for hooks sets. Back it off once I hook a fish. Unfortunately, I haven't had to back it off in a while....
That's me too. I don't usually have the luxury of sitting down and calculating exact drag tensions by the amount of line on the spool or anything like that. I'm sure there's very valid reasons for doing that but it doesn't fit with my style of fishing.
Regarding the spooky fish, I fish on lakes and in streams and rivers in Northern California and Oregon for the most part. Fishing in low clear slow moving water is about as tricky as it gets when it comes to presenting your offering. If you slap the line on the water or create any disturbance at all you could easily spook a beautiful brown or rainbow trout. Often it's the only one around it only takes one mistake to end your catching for the day. That's when I prefer the nail knot with a very light coating of Gorilla rubber cement. I think it helps to cause it to slip into the water and follow the leader rather than chase it and make a ripple.
Hey, NGT how's it? Want to go float for 1/2 pounders at Wohler Bridge mid Novemeber? I'm booked with clients the last week of October up at Eagle Lake. My friend is overbooked with fly boys and has asked me to take her boat people. I'll be up at the lake this Saturday if you want to go, if not I'll be going at least once a week until I head up North again just holler at me, you've got my number or PM me.
