Since you already have the WF floating line for your rod, just go out and buy some RIO 15' sink tips one line size smaller than your WF line, cut 3'-4' off the front of them, cut your WF line 10' from the tip and add braided loops to the floating tip and the belly.
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Personal raft floating locations for steelhead? Jump to Latest 2.2K views 15 replies 9 participants last post by Mstark M
Floating line coatings are of lighter- than-water consistency, so the thinner the coating becomes as it approaches the tip, the less bouyancy to support the core.
I'm interested in floating the Sol Duc from HWY 101 to Leyendecker in my 8' pontoon boat. Is this section of the river suited to that boat?
The take out on the lower Stilly float suggested by Jeremy is tidal influenced. If you decide to take that float be sure to time it so that the lower half is on a dropping tide. Floating that section on a flooding tide can make for a long day of rowing. Other potential floats on the Stilly include Arlington to I-5, lower south fork from River Meadows to Arlington, and the lower North Fork. The ...
Repairing floating line-Advice? Jump to Latest 5.6K views 9 replies 6 participants last post by Old Man O
A couple of spun deer hair dragonfly nymphs. @bakerite ties some bada-- floating dragon fly nymphs and turned me onto this pattern. I like to fish these with a full sink line and do a couple short strips and pause after I've counted it down to bottom.
I taught my neighbor's 6 and 8 year old grandkids to cast out 15' of floating line/leader with one of these $10 collapsible rods (9 ft) within 10 minutes. Neither one had any problem with the 9 ft rod.
Has anyone ever floated this area? From what I've managed to dig up so far is it's about 15 miles and there is a campground about the 10 mile mark. What I hope to find is a map the shows areas for drift boat launch sites and take outs and camping info in this area. We are planning on floating...
My brother and Matt plan on possibly floating the Sauk on Sunday and wanted to get some feedback on good floats, recent obstructions and general know how about the river. We are all experienced behind the oars but I am not that ignorant to think that any float on the Sauk would be easy doing...