UL Fly Rods, Reels, & Lines • Re: Maxcatch Creek Fly Line
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by wheezeburnt
2d ago
Exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks, Jim. I have a 2wt maxcatch line and I'm pretty pleased with it. Brent ..read more
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UL Fly Rods, Reels, & Lines • Re: Maxcatch Creek Fly Line
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by JimRed
2d ago
Thought I'd chim in on Maxcatch fly lines. I bought a whole bunch wts 2,3,4 and 5, some at $4 others at $8 and have been fishing them for several months now. They are all WF floating with no loop. I weighted at least one of each line wt and they were all in spec except the 2 wts which tend to be a light 3wt; all others in spec but at the top of their range. I am not particular, willing to give up some performance for price and especially when the performance difference doesn't adversely affect my fly fishing; with that said I am happy with them all. My fishing is drainage ponds for mostly sunf ..read more
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Rod Building • Re: rodmaker 247 8’ 1wt blank
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by Stonepark
1w ago
I use a Ritz brand rod (Ningbo rodcore International) 8ft 1wt rod for which the blank looks identical (and rod delivered with tube ($58) cost less than what Rodmaker247 wants to charge for the blank alone) as my primary rod for trout fishing on small to large rivers with no issues. Loaded with either Orvis hydros or Maxcatch WF1 lines. Casting is comfortable (not too fast) but can still put 60ft of line out with ease and fast enough to cut through a breeze. Blank (Green) https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ ... 7ae2WBAHRu Blank (Black) https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ ... 6633bK5 ..read more
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UL Fly Rods, Reels, & Lines • Re: Skagit head length
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by hipshot
2w ago
Free2Fish wrote: Yes, the wind! And that’s why I had more kites than fly rods stashed in my trunk on the annual migration trip south. Laguna Madre brings back a lot of great memories. One particular event is etched into my memory bank. A buddy and I were fishing for specs in waist deep water when I saw him spinning around, fish stringer held high in the air. Seems a dolphin had plucked one of the specs on his stringer already and was trying to get a second. This went on for at least a minute or two before the dolphin swam off again. Harry Mercy; I'da loved to have seen that ..read more
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UL Fly Rods, Reels, & Lines • Re: Skagit head length
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by Free2Fish
2w ago
Yes, the wind! And that’s why I had more kites than fly rods stashed in my trunk on the annual migration trip south. Laguna Madre brings back a lot of great memories. One particular event is etched into my memory bank. A buddy and I were fishing for specs in waist deep water when I saw him spinning around, fish stringer held high in the air. Seems a dolphin had plucked one of the specs on his stringer already and was trying to get a second. This went on for at least a minute or two before the dolphin swam off again. Harry ..read more
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UL Fly Rods, Reels, & Lines • Re: Skagit head length
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by hipshot
2w ago
Free2Fish wrote: Up until 2 years ago I had spent 4 months every winter in Texas, mostly on SPI and the last two years on the Guadalupe River near New Braunfels. I loved it and fished almost every day! Then we bought a new house on a new river up here and we no longer have a wonderful neighbour to watch over our home. I miss Texas and the hill country!!!! The reds eat flies all year down here in the Lower Laguna Madre, and they're a hoot on a two weight........ when the wind gods will let you use a two weight. I use a seven and an eight a whole lot more down here than I did on the middle and ..read more
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UL Fly Rods, Reels, & Lines • Re: Skagit head length
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by hummm_bugg1
2w ago
i have a 7 1/2 foot okuma 3 wt rod i tried the 175 grain skagit head on it / the rods back bone seem to not handle it or to lift it out of the water about a 30 foot cast is all i could get\ so i took a 12 wt fly line and cut a 6 ft piece off and shrink raped to loops in the ends it came in at about 130 grams in wt ane worked perfect for mine ..read more
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UL Fly Rods, Reels, & Lines • Re: 000-1wt line?
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by johnlau
2w ago
Anything new? Knotjoe? I'm relatively new to euro/ultralight line fishing and have tried only a few lines on my Syndicate 10' 2wt rod: 20# and 15# Maxima Chameleon which I thought retained coils too much in winter, and required a sighter; a reversed 3wt white Wulff Trinagle Taper which is .025" diameter at the reversed portion and is nicely visible without a sighter; and a Scientific Anglers euro comp (.021" diameter) also white and also requiring no sighter. I like the SA comp line best. It lays out on the water not exactly straight just like Knotjoe's picture shows, and eventually sinks slow ..read more
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UL Fly Rods, Reels, & Lines • Re: Maxcatch Creek Fly Line
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by wheezeburnt
3w ago
Great! be sure to let us know what you think of them, once you've had a chance to try them. brent ..read more
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UL Spinning • Re: Light Tackle Excursions
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by hipshot
3w ago
Still having negative tides and off-color water, although it's improving. Last Wednesday we staked out for a bit on a gut between two spoil islands with some water moving through it before the winds got too frisky. I got a decent mess of small specks on the two weight. Between the clouds, wind, and murky water, sight fishing was a futile endeavor. We tried a high-speed drift across a foot-deep grass flat with two drift socks deployed. My buddy caught a couple of reds on plastic; I zeroed with flies. By then I needed the eight weight just to toss a cast ..read more
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