peter elks
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Have a look at” Airflow” in the Sixth Sense Intermediate range which offer slow med and fast sink tips.
Cheers Pete
Zach,
The clarity you get from the smith glass polarchromatic lenses is truly awsome ,I think they are around the usd220 mark for models such as the chief.
Ive had my latest pair for the past 8 years ,they have been well looked after but fished hard yet the lenses are still perfect as the techlite glass does not scratch like its plastic and polycarbonate cousins.
The lenses give some of the best protection ive found from the harmful UV bands and their ability to allow perfect vision when you walk from shade to light and vice versa is a real winner.
As a flyfisher when you put them on , the light through the lenses is so easy on the eyes you will find your face and eyes relax straight away,you then notice that everying both in and out of the water has a defininition thats attained without need to unconciously squint in order to see where you want.I frequently fish hard from dawn to dusk and at the end of the day when i take the sunnies off my eyes are as fresh as a daisy. In my opinion the spectrum amber is better than the copper for that extra clarity we need when searching for fish.The new ignightor lens e sounds great but i have not looked through it.In all i use mine for fishing,hunting,surfing.driving,skiing.
You cant use the exuse that they are to expensive as if you are sight fisherman your clarity of vision gives you an edge over those who do not have it .My glasses are just as important to me as a good rod reel and line.Dont fish with a handicap ;D try the smiths and you will be ble to count every spot on a good brownie.Cheers Pete .
Smith optics(formerly Action Optics) produce a polarchromatitic glass lens with an amber tint which in my honest opinion beats what you are wearing at the moment for all conditions of fish spotting in fresh water.
They also produce in the same format an “ignitor” tint lens in glass which is specifically for lower light conditions.
When my existing smiths fail I will be looking at one pair of each of the amber and ignitor…Cheers..PeteSuggest try searching for fares from Los Angeles to Christchurch return and then you can add a Nashville LA Nashville to it.
Should give you a more attractive $$$$ end result..Cheers
PeteHi Zach,
You might consider asking how far have we actually progressed in 100 years with flylines .We have come a long way with differing materials and tapers and special lines for this that and whatever. 🙂 but in a practical casting and fishing sense 100 year old silk lines still have thinner diameter and are the appropriate weight.
To my mind tecnology is great but it has not taken on board the challendge to make a thin diameter line of correct weight and has forgotten the basic importance of such.
This slimness or small diameter of silkHI 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
