Well, the heavens have opened up and the rain is coming down, and the Trout Underground saw that it was good. Great, in fact. Suddenly, it's ten degrees cooler, no sun, drizzle... if it holds up through the afternoon, I'm out the door with float tube in hand.
Forecasts for the weekend have similarly dropped a good 8-10 degrees, so your Quality Fly Fishing Experience should involve more fun and less heatstroke. Sometimes life gives you a good bounce (ever smack a tree limb with a cast only to have the fly fall in exactly the right spot?) and only the most morose would fail to take advantage.
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And speaking of advantages, we're offering a special treat today - another one of Sully's marvelous leader "double taper" leader designs. This one's a short 7.5' model that I fished extensively in the tight Brookie streams of Tennessee. He describes casting it as being similar "to throwing darts" and I have to agree.
Pinpoint casting is the only way to catch fish in those tiny streams, and this design couldn't have been better.
Sully's Short Double Taper Design
(note the alliteration)
Dia. Length (inches)
.019 27.5 (Rio Powerflex)
.017 9
.015 8
.013 7
.012 6 (Rio Salmon, Bass, Steelhead for this segment only)
.015 7
.011 6
.009 5
.007 (4x) 18 or more
Coming soon, the Big Leader Payoff -- a 16.5' design that really, really works. Like every time....
Also, we've got some Underground Entertainment headed your way, but I'm going to start separating those posts from the others. Easier that way. So until then, see you in the float tube, Tom Chandler