Here's an informative video on basic techniques for those new to intermediate lines on the lake...enjoy.
Intermediate Line Technique
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Wetswinger - I picked up two details: Washing Line - where have I been? Huh! And a refresher on the hang. Thanks. Very informative/
I went to the flyshop this afternoon thinking I'd add the line Mr. Gawesworth talks about for "murk
" water, the line doesn't appear to be available anymore.
Cortland has a camo. Int. line on their web-site and others..
;-) I ordered one today.
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I have one. I think it is probably the worst line I have ever bought. Tangle’s terribly. If you want to be as frustrated by a fly line as possible, send me your address and it’s yours!I went to the flyshop this afternoon thinking I'd add the line Mr. Gawesworth talks about for "murk
I got my Cortland Clear Camo WF6I yesterday, cut off the EEEEvil loop and knotted on about 9' of 12# Maxima Ultragreen, added a bit of 2X to that and fished it today. It does come off the spool with some memory but a good stretch and it's not nearly as kinky as (not as kinky as?) other kinky lines I've had and it casts really well.
Thanks again for posting this. Watching this, then going out and doing it, has been helpful. Watching it again I picked up more. I retrieved slow, and got a lot of takes when I would pause. I like how the intermediate line really just hangs there. Mine's just a Clearwater, but it sinks slow and even, and is laying out straight now with no more coiling than my other lines.
You should like it, Once it gets some water on it.
Good luck, hope it works out for you. I'm feeling more confident, I only took the intermediate line rod today and it was fine.
Did you get a chance to try out the washer line? Any success.?
I've never seen a "gurgler" hatch. Which lakes have those?
I was sort of hoping this thread would go away ;-) I did try the washing line technique yesterday, my gurgler (which closely matches the crataegus oxyacantha hatch - commonly known as the homostupidous hatch) could perhaps use a bit more floatation as within a few strips the 1.5" - 2" pulled the fly under. I did get two grabs in the 15 minutes or so that I fished it this way. I don't know if the trout were striking the homostupidous* or the midge pattern.
My leader on this new line (which I cannot get all the memory coils out of) is about 9' long built from one length of 12# Maxima UG. I tied a 2mm tippet ring to the end of the leader; from the tippet ring I have about 4' of 2X to the gurgler. I dropped the midge about a foot below the 2mm tippet ring. I didn't get any tangles but I sure did get some twist on the dropper. There was absolutely no wind - I wanted to try this rig with some chop on the water.
*@Salmo_g - now you know what the gurgler hatch is and it's geographically isolated to Grant County and portions of Adams County.
