Good info. But...what does "warm bass water" mean to SA? I feel like it means TX more than WA.
I'm asking this same question.
Worried the Bass Bug line I got this winter will coil to much in my local PNW waters this summer.
Good info. But...what does "warm bass water" mean to SA? I feel like it means TX more than WA.
I would care less about these questions if it wasn't a $80 line. For like $30, whatever. But $80....I'm asking this same question.
Worried the Bass Bug line I got this winter will coil to much in my local PNW waters this summer.
Don’t overthink it. I use “tropical” lines quite a lot around here. The increased stiffness becomes a problem when you are fishing winter steelhead and the air and water is just above freezing. Any temperature that a bass will be willing to eat in will not be a problem. Got some coils? Just give the line a stretch and they will go away.I would care less about these questions if it wasn't a $80 line. For like $30, whatever. But $80....
That is what I thought, esp when they said "tropical coating." I bought the Titan Long based on what the rep said. But there are others here who know far more than I, and who have direct experience with the bass bug.Good info. But...what does "warm bass water" mean to SA? I feel like it means TX more than WA.
Water temps at Banks (Punch Bowl, Jones Bay, Barker Canyon etc) will get into the mid 70’s in the summer.Just when I think I have it figured out, a new conversation pops up that makes me second guess... I'm still thinking Echo B.A.G. - I will mostly be fishing in S.E. WA this summer. I'm still unfamiliar with the area (in fact, I just purchased my WA fishing license this morning), so if I'm using the B.A.G. + an aggressive taper with big flies on the lower Yakima (below Horn Rapids) or something like Banks Lake will I get better mileage out of a warmwater or coldwater/moderate line? I know air temperatures will get hot, hot, hot in the summer but have no clue what to expect from water temperatures yet.
Just pulled the trigger on the same outfit purchased as combo from Big Y. Someday I'll find a reason to use something other than a clinch knot but today is knot that day.FWIW, I've got a 7wt BAG and ordered the SA bass line in 7wt. We'll see how that shakes out. Line isn't here yet.
I actually prefer my old Cortland 444SL Rocket taper WF8F over the WF7F Titan Taper on my 7wt. Kinda funny since the Titan is a higher end line and my box says it was $84.99. I didn't pay that much for it, but I'm pretty sure I bought the Rocket taper, years ago, brand new for only $50.I've been planning on grabbing a 7wt Titan Long for floating line streamer duty and it being a good bass line basically solidifies that idea. Possibly some floating beach work too.
Hell yeah!!!!
Were you able to lip land it, or did you have to use the net?