SA SharkSkin….Who has Casted It?
- This topic has 25 replies, 16 voices, and was last updated Sep 21, 2007 at 3:20 pm by
.
-
Posts
-
Hey Jon –
Grant was a fascinating person. I don’t recall his biography at the moment but I remember it was interesting.
HI Zach and all,
Regarding the new Sharkskin line,
I would be very interested to hear how the line felt /reacted when being wound back through the runners.
Everyone seems to indicate that the line was great on the outgoing cast so im thinking that there might be one hell of a clatter when inbound, as the micro scales would possibly aggresively engage on anything they are pulled back over.This would then be exemplified under load.If anyone could also advise if the core of the line is made of either hollow dacron or braided mono it would be appreciated.
Cheers ….Pete
Based on the several characters mentioned above, I assuming the Shark skin make for “floating line” right? So I guess it won’t have impact to steramer fishing?
The most amazing thing about Mr. Grant’s casting ability may not have been the distances that he reached. His efforts were aimed at fishing well and catching fish and all else seemed to be subordinate to that goal. He wanted his fly to start working to attract fish from the moment it hit the water. Thus, He developed the ability to lay his line out in such a way that at no time was it not under tension. This meant that it hit the water with almost no slack. After he made his unofficial cast of 74 yds, the “official” who measured the cast then grabbed the end of the line and pulled. He was only able to pull about 6″ of slack out of the line!!
Elksy –
The scales weren’t so large as to make a noticeable change coming in; they kind of clatter in both directions, like cart wheels on a cobblestone street.
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.