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mgh-pa
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- Jan 22, 2009
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Not getting out as much as I would like my first flyfishing season, but I'm getting there. Went out for a third time Friday evening with the same guy from work. We fished portions of Lycoming along Rt.14, but it was a struggle again. The guy I fish with is a very experience flyfisherman, but not really familiar with Lycoming. He landed two.
Me on the other hand, early on in the evening, I was getting good distance and good rollover with my tan caddis. However, I my leader was getting short, so I switched over to a 5x since I was planning on dry fly fishing the rest of the evening in clear relatively slower water. I tied on a royal wulff, and with the 5x, the thing kept flopping out in a coil rather than rolling out in a nice straight line. I also couldn't get near the distance I could earlier with the caddis. I switched back over to my tan caddis (14), and was getting a little better distance, but seemed to be hooking my line with my fly more on the backcast, and I still wasn't getting it to roll out like I wanted.
The positive? I hooked my first fish on it, but he shook loose shortly after. It was still rewarding to finally make a hookset.
Any ideas in terms of the issues I was experiencing?
Me on the other hand, early on in the evening, I was getting good distance and good rollover with my tan caddis. However, I my leader was getting short, so I switched over to a 5x since I was planning on dry fly fishing the rest of the evening in clear relatively slower water. I tied on a royal wulff, and with the 5x, the thing kept flopping out in a coil rather than rolling out in a nice straight line. I also couldn't get near the distance I could earlier with the caddis. I switched back over to my tan caddis (14), and was getting a little better distance, but seemed to be hooking my line with my fly more on the backcast, and I still wasn't getting it to roll out like I wanted.
The positive? I hooked my first fish on it, but he shook loose shortly after. It was still rewarding to finally make a hookset.
Any ideas in terms of the issues I was experiencing?