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Post by snipeandyellow on Mar 23, 2011 11:34:09 GMT
After much humming and harring, I plunked for a 12' Iwana and one of their 10' "traditional" lines which I assume will be a tapered furled leader. In fact I've also ordered a 7' high visibility leader from Simon. I can't see any other way of determining what the pros and cons will be compared with with the light weight fly fishing techniques I've been trying out. I'm really curious how well this works with my size 14 and smaller northern spiders.
Thanks for the interesting comments on this forum.
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Post by cm_stewart on Mar 24, 2011 11:49:10 GMT
I think you'll find it works very well. James Baillie fished a hazel rod with the line tied to the rod tip. David Webster fished a loop rod decades after reels were commonplace. Both were commercial fishermen who had to have equipment well suited to the task. You'll wonder "what were they thinking" when people adopted shorter rods and heavier line.
Nearly all the flies I fish with are size 14, and some are essentially northern spiders with the hackle tied on so it slants very slightly forward rather than backward.
The "traditional" line is tapered furled mono, although if you really want traditional, I can set you up with a horsehair line!
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Post by snipeandyellow on Mar 25, 2011 9:46:07 GMT
thanks for the encouraging words. I'm certainly not averse to giving your horse hair leaders a try although a bit wary of easy breakages, especially as a beginner. Let me know what size you recommend.
As to Tenkara and Valsesiana, what strikes me are the parallels. Ignoring the reel, there's a trend towards light and long rods in czech and french nymphing as well. Czech nymphing (which apparently originates from Poland!) typically involves a cast of three heavy nymphs. What's 'new' turns out not to be so new after all.
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Post by cm_stewart on Mar 25, 2011 11:23:16 GMT
I would recommend starting with the lines you've already ordered from Simon and Tenkara USA. At some point you may want to try a light level line but no need to from the beginning, and you might decide the lines you have are all you need. My comment about horsehair was more a good natured poke at the word "traditional" than a serious offer of an alternative.
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