Mythical Magic Fishing Bullets

[Wildfisher]

Let?s be honest, there are no magic bullets. No matter what you do, be it learning a musical instrument, fly fishing  ? anything. To get good involves hard work and dedication.

I got the new Snowbee catalogue today and just looking at the range of fly lines I had to chuckle. The marketing man has  been hard at work with the gullible fly fisher in mind. Special lines and  profiles for just about every style of fly fishing.

For example ? ?delicate presentation?   lines with continuous back tapers aimed primarily  at river fishers who are probably fishing at well under  40 feet 99%  of the time. One good thing was most of  the lines are  quite short  ~ 90 feet which is sensible if you want to get lots of backing on the reel -  essential if fishing in NZ for example.

These lines and many others are a classic example of marketing hype.  A surer way to achieve ?delicate presentation?   would be to improve your casting skills. But we look for magic bullets to short circuit the process.

Can you think of other examples of magical gear ?essential? if you are to catch  more and bigger fish?

[Harpo]

Sage fishing rods  :worried

At Sage, every piece of angling equipment we make is designed, tested and hand built with one goal in mind: Maximum Fishability. It's a term we came up with a few years back to describe the kind of performance that helps you catch more, fish more effectively and have more fun. In short, every Sage rod, reel and line is specifically designed to help you make the most of your precious time on the water.

[Inchlaggan]

I believed all of this crepe years ago. And have a shedfull of expensive sh1t to prove it (not just fishing kit either).
Then I discovered that I enjoy fishing not catching (old, boring, adage but true).
I have my legs and a boat to get me closer to the fish, I do not need to cast 150ft.
I do need to get my flee on the water in a delicate manner, if I'd spent 10% of what I spent on tackle on some casting lessons I might be able to do it now.

[Otter Spotter]

Sage fishing rods  :worried

At Sage, every piece of angling equipment we make is designed, tested and hand built with one goal in mind: Maximum Fishability. It's a term we came up with a few years back to describe the kind of performance that helps you catch more, fish more effectively and have more fun. In short, every Sage rod, reel and line is specifically designed to help you make the most of your precious time on the water.

Oi You!

Their marketing bullsh!t may be very poor but their rods are excellent! They definitely DO NOT catch ME more fish but I do derive great pleasure fishing with mine. #4 TCR with a wildfisher WF5 is blissfull  :makefun

[Wildfisher]

I do derive great pleasure fishing with mine. #4 TCR with a wildfisher WF5 is blissfull

In which case you really do need a  #5 TCX  to try with a Wildfisher WF6 blue intermediate (coming to a  website near you soon  :)  . Sweet.   :lol:

[haresear]

Fluorocarbon. Apparently it is invisible :roll: Probably even more invisible than Maxima Chameleon, which is also invisible :roll:

Goldhead bugs are on the other hand very visible and deadly. Fish can't see lifelike dull imitations or even real nymphs very well you know  


Alex

[Otter Spotter]

In which case you really do need a  #5 TCX  to try with a Wildfisher WF6 blue intermediate (coming to a  website near you soon  :)  . Sweet.   :lol:

I have a TCX #7 and I'll be in touch about the WF8 intermediate when available  :

[Wildfisher]

Fish can't see lifelike dull imitations or even real nymphs very well you know

I noticed that on Creek 61.  A perfectly presented nymph coming right past the nose of a big trout and being completely ignored.

Quite obviously the fish could not have seen it.   :lol:

[Inchlaggan]

Fluorocarbon. Apparently it is invisible

Cool! I've got dozens of spools of the stuff in all BS's. 100M @ 99p +P&P
I'd post photaes, but what's the point, it's invisible!
2 problems for you.
1) Prove the spool is empty.
2) Knot it.

[Black-Don]

You see comp fisher's with 32 different spools of line. Are they really necessary ?

I have a floater, sinker, slow intermediate, fast int,. and a ghost tip. I only ever really need use about 2 of them. Floater and fast inter,. maybe slow inter at a push.

You can use polyleaders to get the fancy presentations that things like the di3 sweep give you if you really need to.