Re: Special SW problem

Jerry.....

 

Let me be more clear.  I had to dump sinking line FAST and in GREAT LENGTHS......Much more that I could possibly shake out of the rod tip, because of the depth and the rapid current and wind which pushed the skiff rapidly over the bar where the fish were feeding as the line already in the water continues to sink to the strike zone.  I've found that the best way to do this, is to rapidly and repeatedly roll cast large loops of line up current.  In doing this, it's hard to keep enough tension on the line in your line hand without making those carefully timed hauls.  Without that tension, you tend to throw a loop of weighted line out between the two last snake guides.....this is slack which winds around the rod shaft and creates a knot which locks on the rod tip.  You make it much worse by trying to shake it off, compounding the problem.

 

                                                                                                                           Gordy

----- Original Message -----

From: jerry puckett

To: Gordon Hill

Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 12:36 PM

Subject: Re: Special SW problem

Gordon, not sure what was creating the slack and why.  Were you roll casting or casting when this problem occur?  Hope this hurricane season passes without harm.  Thanks Jerry

Gordon Hill <hillshead@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Group....

 

I ran across a special salt water fishing problem with an easy solution:-

 

We were fishing for striped bass, drifting over a sand bar in Peconic Bay.  The tide was roaring at about 15 knots.  The bar held stripers feeding near the bottom at 15' depth.  The water depth on either side of the bar was 35 to 50 ft. deep.  A choppy rip was over the bar.

 

I landed 6 large bass by using a full sink 10 wt. density compensated class VI line.  The trick was to start the drift about 200 yds up current from the bar, make a 50' cast up current, then feed line by casting large loops of line in the same direction out to about 100'.  A snappy retrieve as we crossed the bar, resulted in a strike much of the time.

 

PROBLEM:  Often, while throwing those large loops of line (the only way to get enough sinking line out fast enough) the line would be, "thrown" as an errant loop between the last 2 wire guides.  It would curl around the rod shaft.  If a strike occurred, the tippet popped, and I feared a broken rod tip.

 

SOLUTION:  If I applied instantaneous tension by using a sharp haul as I threw each loop, it did the trick nicely, and prevented the problem 100% of the time.

 

We'll be in Upstate N.Y. (Oneonta) for the weekend, then instead of returning as planned to the Keys, we'll go back down to Long Island until the storm passes.  I'll be away from a computer until about Mon. or Tues.

 

                                                                                                            Gordy