01-20-2015, 05:27 AM
I did what you're thinking of doing and would recommend against it here's why.
For streamers they are a lot harder to cast. It doesn't add up fast but by the end of the day that extra weight adds up. I found that it deadens the take too. If you're fishing smallish rivers then you will fight snagging the bottom a lot as well. It's not even the flies the line just gets hung up on the bottom a lot more than I ever thought it would. And if you have a few different sink rates you'll spend a lot of time figuring out which one to use when.
As for nymphs don't even go there. I can't see it working on rivers but on still water it would be okay. Think about it... that is a lot of weight for a smallish trout to pick up and move far enough for you to discover the take. That's the reason there is only leader/tippet material to the flies with barely enough weight to get/keep them on the bottom.
That was a long response so if you need clarification just ask.
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For streamers they are a lot harder to cast. It doesn't add up fast but by the end of the day that extra weight adds up. I found that it deadens the take too. If you're fishing smallish rivers then you will fight snagging the bottom a lot as well. It's not even the flies the line just gets hung up on the bottom a lot more than I ever thought it would. And if you have a few different sink rates you'll spend a lot of time figuring out which one to use when.
As for nymphs don't even go there. I can't see it working on rivers but on still water it would be okay. Think about it... that is a lot of weight for a smallish trout to pick up and move far enough for you to discover the take. That's the reason there is only leader/tippet material to the flies with barely enough weight to get/keep them on the bottom.
That was a long response so if you need clarification just ask.
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