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Ron 'The Hat' Clay
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These days I use very little except fluorocarbon for my hook lengths and fly fishing leaders. I was convinced about the effectiveness of fluorocarbon many years ago when I spent a weekend at a famous South African trout water. I had a spool of the early stuff, I think it was called Grand Max Riverge. A friend got it for me from USA.
I hammered trout all week whilst others on the water got nothing. These series of lakes are crystal clear and I was convinced it was the fluoro that made the difference.
On British waters it has been the same. A few years ago I fished with an angler on a local trout water who couldn't get a take. He borrowed some of my flies and still didn't get a touch. Then it dawned on me. I told him to make up a leader with some of my Stren Fluoro. He told me he never used the stuff as he didn't trust the knows. I told him PLEASE to try.
He relented and caught three trout in four casts.
Ever since then I have used fluoro 100% for all my fly fishing. I now use ot for virtually 100% of my coarse fishing too.
When myslf and my frind John fished the fens in June, I was using a 4lbs fluoro hooklength tied to 5 lb standard mono hooklength. John caught very little. I thumped out the tench and bream.
And I could go on and on about occasions when fluoro so outfished other hook lengths until the cows come home.
You won't find me using much else for any kinds of fishing these days.
I hammered trout all week whilst others on the water got nothing. These series of lakes are crystal clear and I was convinced it was the fluoro that made the difference.
On British waters it has been the same. A few years ago I fished with an angler on a local trout water who couldn't get a take. He borrowed some of my flies and still didn't get a touch. Then it dawned on me. I told him to make up a leader with some of my Stren Fluoro. He told me he never used the stuff as he didn't trust the knows. I told him PLEASE to try.
He relented and caught three trout in four casts.
Ever since then I have used fluoro 100% for all my fly fishing. I now use ot for virtually 100% of my coarse fishing too.
When myslf and my frind John fished the fens in June, I was using a 4lbs fluoro hooklength tied to 5 lb standard mono hooklength. John caught very little. I thumped out the tench and bream.
And I could go on and on about occasions when fluoro so outfished other hook lengths until the cows come home.
You won't find me using much else for any kinds of fishing these days.