Line Selection

[Tim Stynes]

Gday All,

Well I guess given my penchant for spending extreme amounts of money on fishing gear it was just a matter of time till I took up the wand and had a proper crack.

I decided to start with an 8wt to make learning to cast easier and so far it seems to have worked and while Im certainly no Lefty Kreh I am managing to land the fly where I want it without too much hassle

My question is this......What line do you guys prefer for breaming around the upstream snags ?

At the moment I am running a 8wt WF Mastery Series Saltwater taper and while it seems like it is spot on for shorebased work and fishing the flats while keeping above the weed I cant get my fly deep enough while fishing the snags, well anything deeper than a metre really.

I talked about it with a mate and a Mastery Series 8wt WF Wet tip Clear Saltwater seems like it would do the job nicely. What do you guys reckon ? Whats everyone out there using at the mo' ?

Cheers,

Tim.

[will10]

G'Day Tim
I've been using the wet tip line now for about 18 months and found it to be great, come to think of it i dont know were my floating line is,must have a look for that tonight, sorry must stop thinking out loud:p use mine in around 10 to 15ft without having to wait all day for it to sink and you get the benefit of being able to recast with a fair bit of line out not like a full sinking line which i had to bring to within 10 ft to send it out again, spose the only thing i miss about the floating line is not being able to roll cast, but i'm catching more fish as not having to wait for a heavy fly to drag the line down in some of the deeper sections of river.
HTH
Chris

[brad mcdonald]

g'day tim,

have not tried the wet tip, but it does sound good. most of my gear at the moment is crossover stuff from fresh water and the two main line i use are a house of hardy wf #6 floating and a courtland 444 wf #6 inter.

when trying to fish deep its the inter with a longer leader (say 12') and a fly with a bit of weight. this is where tying your own flies is handy because you can taylor the amount of weight in the fly to suit your intended application.

brad

[Tim Stynes]

Cheers for the replies fellas :D
I also spoke to Sewelly about it and I am gunna persist with the floating line for a while and be a bit more patient and wait for the fly to get down a little :) I do have a wet tip line in the bag now though so if the need arises to use it it is there :p

[Penguin]

Hi finally found the fly guys,
Any where to join a fly fishing group in Perth?
Which fly is suitable for bream?
Can I join any one of you when you are out fly fishing?

[Ian Sewell]

Hi Penguin,

There is a great club if you are into salt water fly fishing. They are called " The Saltwater Flyrodders" they have a website and meet once a month.
You will find the members helpful and friendly.

Try this link below to find out more details...

http://www.saltwaterflyrodders.com/

[Penguin]

Thanks Ian.
You have been helpful.
It's a chance now to try out my gears and learnt some tips on WA fly fishing.

[fuzza]

for nearly all my breamin i use a S.A. mastery nymph taper line, it comes in bright orange so you can easily see takes on the drop. if i need to fish deep i attach a 'wet tip' which i make myself using an old type 4 sinking line. i cut sections from 15 - 5 feet in length (depending on what depth i want the fly) and attach them using the loop to loop system. great system because you can search different depths very easily and quickly just by changing the lenght of the sinking head.
hope this helps.

cheers fuzz.

[Penguin]

Hi Fuzz,
In that case, why don't just go for sinking lines? This vs floating lines with wet tip, what's the pro and cons? Do you site fish or blind fish? Thanks.

[fuzza]

G'day penguin, the reason for the wet tip system is so you still have a portion of line thats visible, tryin to look for takes on a intermediate or sinking line is a nightmare. its conveniant as well, if your not getting deep enoungh you just lengthen your sinking tip and its done quickly. one of the few bad things is that they can be hard to cast. i usually blind fish but where possible i will try and polaroid them, lol usually though theys seen me before i see them!!
cheers.

[Penguin]

Thank you, Fuzz for your inputs.