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MFF US Northeast => Massachusetts => Topic started by: stripernut on May 15, 2022, 05:33 AM
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For a couple of decades I have been wanting to get a fly rod for Tuna, Sharks, and Tarpon, but could not justify the cost for the number of opportunities I would get to use it, but with the bigger boat this year and life only getting shorter, I have picked up my first 14wt outfit...
A Colton Fly Company Torrent Reels Leviathan Rod... I look forward to hearing that drag sing!
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Thats a monster setup! Let them have it. Big boat is almost finished being repaired.
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Looking forward to seeing some epic photos. :D
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Go get em! Congrats
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Now is the "fun" part of setting up the line to use... Shooting heads look like the way to go, but I am having trouble finding (I am not alone in this) a running line with little or no stretch... I will also for the first time in a long time have to find time to sit down at the vice, at least I will not need the magnifying glass for these flies!
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Can't wait to see what you can haul in with that setup.
In regards to running line are you using a full length fly line or simply a shooting head and mono (or some other suitable material) as a running line before the backing?
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A couple of different shooting heads, depending on what I am doing, but I am looking for a running line with a test of 30+ lbs and no stretch... I need it for hook sets when fishing deep...
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A couple of different shooting heads, depending on what I am doing, but I am looking for a running line with a test of 30+ lbs and no stretch... I need it for hook sets when fishing deep...
Opst. Spey line. They make shooting heads too.
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I took a look at their lines and some good-looking stuff, but their running lines are all Mono, that I can see... Even "low Strech" is more stretch than I want...
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I took a look at their lines and some good-looking stuff, but their running lines are all Mono, that I can see... Even "low Strech" is more stretch than I want...
What other options are there? Mono, floro, and I saw some braided mono.
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For a couple of decades I have been wanting to get a fly rod for Tuna, Sharks, and Tarpon, but could not justify the cost for the number of opportunities I would get to use it, but with the bigger boat this year and life only getting shorter, I have picked up my first 14wt outfit...
A Colton Fly Company Torrent Reels Leviathan Rod... I look forward to hearing that drag sing!
Whatever you do don't get any of the fly line looped around your fingers or hand when a fish is making a run! Or a loop gets caught on something in the boat! Twang! :whistling:
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What other options are there? Mono, floro, and I saw some braided mono.
That is what I have been looking for with little luck. I would have thought by now someone would have come up with a coated spectra that would do a good job...
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That is what I have been looking for with little luck. I would have thought by now someone would have come up with a coated spectra that would do a good job...
I have a spey setup where I have a shooting head and mono running line. I find it very difficult to handle the mono versus a full sized fly line, nevermind the damage it does to your finger stripping mono all day. Making my head hurt thinking about all of the variables for tuna. Good luck. Let us know what you settle on and I'll bet it changes over time.