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This is from another site. Very interesting. Try and make it go clockwise and counterclockwise. There is a trick to it but I won't tell. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...281-661,00.html

No problem. Next time Edmonton is at the top of your list for fly fishing destinations give me a call.

That makes perfect sense Lonefisher, I'll try adjusting the reel like you say and get a longer handle net. Damn fish are just getting too big around here...

:wacko::wacko: The ladies loved him for his good looks and intellect. :wacko::wacko:

Taco you have to use the translator for Max to English.

Who is Tiger Williams? Are you a Canadian citizen yet? If not you better bone up on your hockey, it's on the test!

So I spent $500 on a rod that I can't land fish on. Great. BTW I don't have this problem in streams or rivers so everything said so far makes sense.

I use essentially the same approach mind you I have to deal with two anchor ropes also so the vertical pressure is usually more than the horizontal pressure. This happens periodically. When I fish water less than 10 feet deep I use only one fly usually. When in water 15-20 feet I will sometimes use 3 flies but spread apart enough that typically them hooking themselves is not an issue.

Interesting. I assume what your saying here is that if I put the two 5wt rods side by side with a 4lb weight hanging off of each of them the TFO would not have as much of a bow in it as the Sage?

I'll clarify this a bit. I'm landing the fish by myself with a measure net with a short extendable handle from a 14' boat. I have to get the fish right next to the boat or I would fall in. (It would help to have a longer handle on the net.) Yesterday I had a 4lb+ fish run twenty times without breaking off. (5mins+ of playing the fish) As soon as I got it to within 5 feet of the boat it had settled down and was ready to land. The rod had a good bow in it and I started to bring it towards the boat. The fish thrashed once and that was it. I was using a 1x RIO leader which broke about 5 feet from the thick end. A 1x leader at the 5 foot mark is probably equivalent to 5 pound test. The leader was new. The problem is when I'm bringing the fish to the boat. I have to put pressure on the fish in order to bring them close enough to the boat to land. If the fish thrash hard during the time I'm pulling the fish close to the boat I either lose them or they snap off. I cannot see any other way of landing them easier unless I play the fish for a stupid amount of time and completely tire them out. I try to land them as fast as possible which probably contributes to the snap offs. I guess the question is, is there an alternative way of bringing in the fish without having to put so much pressure on them?

Less than half a dozen? I did more than that yesterday alone. I'm not talking puny fish - 18" and up. What's your typical setup on a lake Brownstone? (ie - leader/tippet/knots)

I have been losing some hawgs the last couple of weekends while the fish are near my boat. ( < than 15ft of line out) What I'm finding is as I get the fish close to the boat, and there is a bend in the rod, it takes very little movement by the fish for them to snap off. I'm have been using a 9-1/2ft 5wt Sage XP this year while last year I was using a 9ft 5wt TFO signature series. I was not busting off nearly as many fish last year. I was told by an fellow yesterday that since the XP is a fast rod there is more chance of breakoffs. The theory is the XP doesn't have as much shock absorbtion as a slower rod. Any thoughts or solutions?

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Thanks you had me a little worried there. I'm interested to know a little more about lake fishing with a spey rod. What would be the pros/cons?

Isn't "the feeling you don't have the control you need" a big part of fly fishing? If I was in complete control of every fish I caught I don't think it would be too much fun. Could you expand on this a bit please SilverDoctor as I'm visioning spey rod fishing in the same light as using a mooching rod to haul in an 8" brookie. Thanks

Russ the Oasis products are nice but have you ever considered making one. If you use pine it can be really cheap. I made this bench in a couple of hours. There is no fancy router work just a few pieces of pine for the sides and a piece of oak plywood for the base. Cost was about $40.

I have been using computers since 1987 for both work and enjoyment. In all this time I have been seldom used anything besides Microsoft software. (I guess due to fear of the unknown.) Well today I finally moved to Firefox as a browser due to extensive problems with my laptop IE6. All I can say is Firefox is one kick ass browser. The extensions to the program are simple to use and install, and the working environment is excellent. Crap I even have a spell check doing its thing as I type this. For all those who have never used it I suggest you give it a try.

Hey Clive how do you like the new and improved Sony. Get any of the lenses with it? With 12MP and 5fps, you sure you can handle that kind of technology?

Yes, wearing worn out runners with no socks too! (Although that's not saying much considering most kids walk around half naked nowadays with their butt cracks showing.)

This was a neccessity: Believe it or not consumer video games have been around for almost forty years, so you young guys, don't let the old farts con you. And NO we didn't walk seven miles through blinding snow storms to get to school, only two, with no mittens.

Some economists are predicting $1.25-$1.30 in 6 months. All I can say is watch out. I wouldn't be surprised if it hit $1.10 by the end of next week.

Cool pics Kyle, I don't know if I've ever seen a pic of a Bull from through the ice. Nice!

Let me clarify this. The stockers (12-14") do what they do, they take off in any direction. I'm talking the larger fish (16" +). Do you think the larger fish learn to swim in the direction where there is least resistance? I have talked to several people up here that have noticed the same.

I have noticed something strange for the last few years while lake fishing for Rainbows in the Pothole lakes around Edmonton. In the first half of the season, I find the fish will run outwards and during the last half of the season tend to come towards me. (Not all of them but it is noticebly different from spring to fall.) It does not seem to be a pattern dependent situation. Is there a reason for this that anyone knows? Do you experience the same in the southern lakes?