Gary Loomis scrie:As the water started to drop after May, the fish were still there but we couldn’t get them to bite,” he said. “That made me think that presentation was important and I started dropping down in line size. Each time I did, I caught more fish.
“But whenever I dropped down to 6- or 8-pound test, the fish would break me off,” he noted. “I thought long and hard about this and figured it wasn’t the straight pull of the fish that broke the line but the shock of the jerk they made when they took off fast.
“I knew I needed a rod that would supply more shock-absorbing traits, like a fly rod, to prevent the rod from snapping the light lines. I went down to a local tackle store and purchased a 7-weight fiberglass fly rod, took it home and refitted the rod with a butt, reel seat and then wrapped spinning guides on it. What I ended up with was a 10 1/2-foot spinning rod that would handle 6-pound test line without the fear of the line breaking.
“Then, as the water dropped further and became even clearer, I found that I needed to drop down from 6-pound to 4-pound line to get bit. The problem was my retooled 7-weight fly rod was too heavy. So, I went down to the tackle store again and this time purchased a 4- or 5-weight rod that would handle the 4-pound test.
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