Tim Pommer
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No better time on the horn than November (except maybe the odd August/September hopper infestation).
SE Long all the way. Click Here
Adjust your flies to match your situation. If you’re fishing shallow banks, use unweighted flies. If you are fishing deeper water, throw flies with big heavy eyes.
I tend to stick with a 200 gr shooting head on a 6wt (or integrated shooting head like the SE Long). Casts nicer and jumping up to a 250 gives you an insignificant increase in sink rate. Remember, a 6 wt is a 160 grains – adding another 40 isnt a big deal but adding another 90 can make things get wobbly. Just for some perspective, a 9wt is 240 grains…
Of course, some people get away with 250, especially with a super stiff rod like Mike’s throwing.
After the baby, it will be the first major destination that Crystal and I choose to Chase fish.
Baby!? Congrats! (I’m sure I missed this from another thread…)
David
Length of a sinking head really doesn’t correlate directly to depth. It’s really all in the sink rate and what it’s attached to. The only thing length does is that it can keep your fly sinking longer, since it takes more time to strip in 30′ than it does 15′ (depending how you strip too).
It can get a bit complicated when you add a floating portion to the head, like on the two lines you mentioned. Obviously, the floating portion is going to want to float – which inhibits how your fly is going to sink. The floating line actually will hold up the short sinking portion to an extent. For instance, a Type III line alone can sink approximately at 3 inches/second. Now attach 15′ of Type III to a floating belly and you’ll have the tip of that 15′ of line sinking at 3 inches/second with the back of it barely sinking at all.
The Streamer Express lines are 30′ of Type VI attached to an intermediate running line. They go deep and stay deep. A short sink tip attached to a floating belly will not go deep and stay deep.
Both the lines you mentioned are good choices, however, I’d consider a bit faster sink rate. A Type III attached to a floating belly will only keep the fly right below the surface. If you want a bit deeper, I’d probably go with a faster sink Type.
I’m exceptionally good at breaking rods. Scott always turns them around quickly (so much quicker than some others).
I once broke a rod 2 weeks before a big trip. I explained the situation and they turned the rod around in a week. That’s service.
Back to the original topic of this thread. Simms going direct was a bold and ambitious move. This business/industry is not growing at the same rate as the people steering Simms expect their company to grow. So they’ve done two things – gone to adjacent businesses to grow and gone direct to support that growth. If anyone in this business could pull off a move like this, it was Simms.
A component of this that I think people are missing is that they lose track of Simms’ competitors – all of them were selling direct before Simms. Orvis and Patagonia, although a slightly different animal, were direct from day one. Redington recently announced they were going direct (before Simms). LL Bean and Cabelas sell direct through their own retailers (similar to Orvis and Patagonia). There is no way a company with as much presence and market share in this industry as Simms is going to sit back and let all their competition reap the profits and advantages of going direct without joining the movement.
I think the outcome will be different for every dealer. Some dealers will not be affected, as noted. Some will. It’s a shame for those that will lose sales due to this call but at the same time, this is a sign of the times.
At the end of the day, less people are fly fishing than 10 years ago. If you want to do what’s best for the dealer, don’t bitch about who is going direct – get a new person into the sport.
I guess my point is that no one is going to admit that the shit is hitting the fan. Every one is going to say they are doing great even if the boat is sinking.
Simms and Scott Fly Rods are two of the only fly rod companies posting large growth and profits in the current economy.
Said with so much certainty and confidence. Where can I find such postings?
Wasnt this originally about Simms going direct?