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CaryGreene reacted to a post in a topic: Conventional Surf Fishing Reels for Plugging - Reel Reviews, History & a Place to Share Your Thoughts/Insights
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When do you quit? When do you start?
CedarWind replied to Livefreeordie's topic in Connecticut Fishing
Wish we had some form of cod in the Long Island Sound/near shore -
When do you quit? When do you start?
CedarWind replied to Livefreeordie's topic in Connecticut Fishing
I will go casting in the middle of the winter if just for therapy and to keep the thumb educated on the old baitcasters. But, catching fish "out front" as opposed to up river should wrap up 1st or 2nd week in December? I will try as long as they are there. -
For me, I had been overfilling the spool. This was on the old Mitchell reels and it made a huge difference.
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ThrowinPlugs reacted to a post in a topic: Least favorite part of fishing?
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Sharp shells getting stuck in your sandals every 10 steps on the reef, bending over to get them out and the lure bag not letting you fully bend while the waves threaten to dunk your reel.
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RonG reacted to a post in a topic: Consensus on Old vs New Reels
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I mostly fish older reels with newer rods. I like being able to maintain the reels myself, so once you've taken apart and reassembled a Mitchell 302 or a Penn Long Beach, you can confidently do a whole bunch of other similar reels. So they are fun to collect. I have not fished any of the new reels so I do not know what I am missing. All I know is that I am perfectly happy with what I have.
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I believe I saw one this past weekend on a Western CT reef near high tide. It was far enough away where I could not make out any detail, but the shape of the head and behavior suggested an otter. It caught my attention with a spash that was not fish-like. It stayed in the area, always at about the edge of my casting range for maybe 20 minutes, floating and then disappearing, maybe grabbing some shellfish. Very cool indeed!
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hipkvw reacted to a post in a topic: Who will put down the fly rod to catch? Who will not?
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Who will put down the fly rod to catch? Who will not?
CedarWind replied to hipkvw's topic in Fly Fishing
I have not caught a ton of fish overall this year, but think I have caught more on the fly rod than spinning and conventional combined. Mainly it's the wind that dictates if I can fly fish or not. If I have a few hours to fish then I might split my time between conventional and fly. It is quite satisfying to tie a fly and then catch a fish on it. It is all about quality rather than quantity for me. -
LOL!!
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Shore or boat? I fished shore/reef from 6:00-9:30 am and saw just one school of decent size bait fish jump. But, I came up empty handed...again.
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A little sampling from my collection. I will try to take some better pictures...I destroyed my phone fly fishing by going up to my chest, wheras if I had just stuck to my conventionals I would have gotten the distance I was after So still working out the kinks in this camera. So here is a lineup from L to R of the Penn Peerless series: 9, 109, 209 and 309 (levelwind has been removed except from the 209). And the Penn Long Beach series: the 60, 65, 66, 67, and 68.
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Thanks for the thread. I alternate between spinning, conventional and fly. But, I think my favorite setup is a Penn Long Beach 60, a rod rated in the 1-3 oz range and small bag of tins and plugs. I like the challenge of it (you have to have some degree of concentration so you don't bird's nest) and also the control you have of the line while in flight. For popping you don't have to worry as much about slack in the line like you do with a spinning reel. And for reeling in a fish, having the spool motion parallel to the line feels more natural.
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I saw an osprey this week carrying a single stick in the direction of a lighthouse a mile off shore. When you think of a whole nest, that's hard work.
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A nice school of snappers came through today within a half hour of low tide. Very fun on the fly rod.
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I will work up to the 3 nail knot method of securing a loop after a little practice. At the moment I have Ande 30 lb leader material nail knotted to the fly line. And yes, the 333 line has a mono core. The "30 lb gel spun" material in the video link, is that fly tying thread? Can you use 6/0 or 8/0 Uni which is what I have? Thanks again.
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Great ideas. Thanks guys. For what it's worth, I am using the Cortland 333 saltwater line (8 wt).