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I have recently started using Beadalon .18 wire for my stinger hook flies. I like the cost and diameter better then Senyo.
Yesterday, I hooked a large fish that I could never really turn
After wading down to the fish, we attempted to tail it, it twisted, snapped its tail and was gone.
I assumed The fly was going to be gone, but that was not the case. What I found was the wire had been stripped of its coating and had literally shredded apart. All I could see was little strands of fine wire. I am assuming that the back-and-forth of this fight which lasted between 10 and 15 minutes might've actually cut the wire where the loop connected to the hook eye.
Anybody have any experience with this? Or can you provide me any idea of why or how that could've happened? Obviously it was great to hook such a wonderful fish, but I really would've liked to have been able to land it. Seeing failed wire was disappointing.
Yesterday, I hooked a large fish that I could never really turn
After wading down to the fish, we attempted to tail it, it twisted, snapped its tail and was gone.
I assumed The fly was going to be gone, but that was not the case. What I found was the wire had been stripped of its coating and had literally shredded apart. All I could see was little strands of fine wire. I am assuming that the back-and-forth of this fight which lasted between 10 and 15 minutes might've actually cut the wire where the loop connected to the hook eye.
Anybody have any experience with this? Or can you provide me any idea of why or how that could've happened? Obviously it was great to hook such a wonderful fish, but I really would've liked to have been able to land it. Seeing failed wire was disappointing.