02-20-2013, 02:40 AM
On the other side of this coin. I use to use Tungsten. Due to the price and availability (mostly the price) I quit.
I use metal beads. I use a sinking line. I prefer not having the fly sink like a brick, but move more freely, but just my opinion as you two know how to catch fish.
I just feel you can do just fine without tungsten and actually have more control over your fly. On rivers, split shot as in the article I posted awhile back. Tungsten can't do it by itself in most cases.
"lighter flies can never be too heavy, giving the angler more flexibility to adjust the weight with various sizes of shot. If you mainly rely on commercially tied flies that aren't tied with tungsten beads, add split shot to the tippet when needed to match conditions. "
But nothing wrong with using them, as I said, just another way to look at it. Besides, I catch a lot on a glow bug LOL
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I use metal beads. I use a sinking line. I prefer not having the fly sink like a brick, but move more freely, but just my opinion as you two know how to catch fish.
I just feel you can do just fine without tungsten and actually have more control over your fly. On rivers, split shot as in the article I posted awhile back. Tungsten can't do it by itself in most cases.
"lighter flies can never be too heavy, giving the angler more flexibility to adjust the weight with various sizes of shot. If you mainly rely on commercially tied flies that aren't tied with tungsten beads, add split shot to the tippet when needed to match conditions. "
But nothing wrong with using them, as I said, just another way to look at it. Besides, I catch a lot on a glow bug LOL
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