Puget Sound

[Sam Roffe]

Man Brian. I guess when you fish 52 weeks a year with the same line it’s bound to break. I haven’t broke a line yet,… I need to fish more.

 

[Buzzy]

Man Brian. I guess when you fish 52 weeks a year with the same line it’s bound to break. I haven’t broke a line yet,… I need to fish more.

Careful: I hiked my float tube a mile and a half into a lake, kicked away from shore and began stretching my almost brand new R-- WF5F. About 25-feet from the fishing end of the fly line, the line snapped as I pulled on it to get the kinks out. "Almost brand new" - and no I am not a Herculean man exerting far too much tension on that almost brand new R-- WF5F. A miles and a half hike, one fly rod, no back up - a brief moment of Tourettes then, a square knot splice in the line and I was back in business risking ripping a guide off the rod.

 

[Sam Roffe]

I had a relatively new intermediate sink line break about 20 feet from the end about 15 years ago. Still fish it, just 20 feet shorter now. LOL

 

[Wetswinger]

I had a Cortland Type V snap, while stretching it, right where the head and running line met. I joined the head to some 50# mono and created a shooting line. Works well..

 

[2MANY]

Nice work on the litter Stone!!!

 

[Canuck from Kansas]

Nice work on the litter Stone!!!

... As always!!

 

[Ernie]

Whenever I have stretched fly line I unreel the whole thing and take a hair drier to it stretching out 3 foot segments at a time. This works for me.

 

[Stonedfish]

Slow day today in MA 10. No fish, but got a limit of litter including one whopper.
SF

 

[Matt B]

 

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That's just plain ole purty!

 

[Matt B]

That's just plain ole purty!

And the teenagers couldn’t be bothered to get off the couch (and their phones) to go take a look…

 

[SteelHeadDave]

@Matt B looks like we both had the same idea this evening

 

[2MANY]

Great pics.
Good carch Stone.

 

[Stonedfish]

 

[Wadin' Boot]

 

[Burt Dagger]

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That first one is incredible.

 

[Cabezon]

That first one is incredible.

Very atmospheric...
Steve

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

Wadin' boot..I know an extra ordinary (extraordinary) image when I see one. That first photo.. is IMO an extremely pleasing image.

 

[speedbird]

I love the first image and the last one. Beautiful use of lines

 

[Matt B]

Sometimes Boot and I have similar ideas. I snapped this in October on a quick early morning walk. I was trying to compose something that left out all the transit and industrial clutter crapping up the scene, above the waterline.