That makes me 2 for 8 on the year just can't seem to stay connected this year.
Anyway it was in a gin clear Columbia river tributary that is dam controlled. I saw at least a dozen other fish but this one was the only biter. It came up for a black muddler. kinda funny both of the fish that i landed were also the fish that i made the longest casts for. I really don't attribute that to anything just coincidence. Sometimes they just come unbuttoned.
I have had 3 break offs this year though which i find very disturbing. I have now quit using Maxima ultragreen and gone back to Chameleon.. I did a test on the knot strength of the Ultragreen and although it held it's strength undera continuous pull it had a 100% failure rate given a slight shock even the 25lb.... All the tests were preformed with properly tied blood knots and I just pulled on the line with my bare hands. I was told that Ultragreen deteriorates very quickly once exposed to ultraviolet rays. But i figure if I am still hooking fish on Chameleon then the fish don't care if there in a long brown string of the end of the fly they are gulping down...
So how is everyone else doing???
Anyway it was in a gin clear Columbia river tributary that is dam controlled. I saw at least a dozen other fish but this one was the only biter. It came up for a black muddler. kinda funny both of the fish that i landed were also the fish that i made the longest casts for. I really don't attribute that to anything just coincidence. Sometimes they just come unbuttoned.
I have had 3 break offs this year though which i find very disturbing. I have now quit using Maxima ultragreen and gone back to Chameleon.. I did a test on the knot strength of the Ultragreen and although it held it's strength undera continuous pull it had a 100% failure rate given a slight shock even the 25lb.... All the tests were preformed with properly tied blood knots and I just pulled on the line with my bare hands. I was told that Ultragreen deteriorates very quickly once exposed to ultraviolet rays. But i figure if I am still hooking fish on Chameleon then the fish don't care if there in a long brown string of the end of the fly they are gulping down...
So how is everyone else doing???