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Well had a good day yesterday fishing wise. Caught a nice buck on the snoqualmie which was a ton of fun. Had been a month without a touch and a relief to feel a fish on the end of the rod.
My spey casting still sucks though. Am having tons of trouble and I think a lot may be due to the line. The DT I am using seems to not be doing the job. What do I know though....
Lessons learned observations from the past two trips out actually casting the rod:
-Barbless hooks are a good thing. However the still hurt like a son of a ***** when you bury one in your love handle.
-Having problems with the snap-t to single spey. Cannot get the anchor right at all. I cast better left handed doing a double spey. Guess I need more practice.
-Find I cast better if I try and focus on keeping the rod butt centered around my midsection. I get into trouble when I let it drift to far up to my chest.
-This is not a tough guy sport. I find about 90% of the time I am overpowering the cast.
-Mending is fun with the long rod. You can actually mend your way out of some pretty bad casts.
-Probably due to my inability to get a good anchor but I have problems throwing a good D loop. Always seems to track to the side instead of up and back like I think it is supposed to go.
-Landing a fish is way different than with the short rod. I must have looked like a bafoon out there when landing mine.
-I am having a ton of fun. Even though I am horrible it is really really fun.
That is it so far and I have a ton of learing to do and I am looking forward to it.
-sean
My spey casting still sucks though. Am having tons of trouble and I think a lot may be due to the line. The DT I am using seems to not be doing the job. What do I know though....
Lessons learned observations from the past two trips out actually casting the rod:
-Barbless hooks are a good thing. However the still hurt like a son of a ***** when you bury one in your love handle.
-Having problems with the snap-t to single spey. Cannot get the anchor right at all. I cast better left handed doing a double spey. Guess I need more practice.
-Find I cast better if I try and focus on keeping the rod butt centered around my midsection. I get into trouble when I let it drift to far up to my chest.
-This is not a tough guy sport. I find about 90% of the time I am overpowering the cast.
-Mending is fun with the long rod. You can actually mend your way out of some pretty bad casts.
-Probably due to my inability to get a good anchor but I have problems throwing a good D loop. Always seems to track to the side instead of up and back like I think it is supposed to go.
-Landing a fish is way different than with the short rod. I must have looked like a bafoon out there when landing mine.
-I am having a ton of fun. Even though I am horrible it is really really fun.
That is it so far and I have a ton of learing to do and I am looking forward to it.
-sean