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rhodyflyguy

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  • Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):
    fshing, rod building, fly tying
  • What I do for a living:
    student tackle shop employee
  1. I had a velocity no. 4 blow up on me one time at Watch Hill. I'd probably caught 80-100 albies and some decent sized stripers on it during the time that I owned it. I didn't send it in for repair; I just stopped using those reels. I really liked it, too, up until that point.
  2. take a piece of orange foam and taper it to a point on one end. tie it at the hook bend at near the eye, gurgler style. color the head black, and go fishing. i've caught 100s of fish on this fly that capt. bob hines first started tying.
  3. Yup, Owner Mutu Lights 1/0-#2 are my favorite albie/bonito hooks. Can't say i remember dropping a fish with tem, whereas i have lost a bunch of fish using J hooks.
  4. Mine's an 18 foot maritime skiff, which is a modified V hull. I've taken it out 25 miles shark and tuna fishing on flat days when fishing with buddy boats. I also fish block island regularly with it. I run it out of charlestown breachway in rhode island, which can get pretty nasty. It can pound the crap out of you, but I've only felt scared on a couple of occasions, such as a 6' wave popping up seemingly out of no where in the breachway. I love the boat, but can't wait to get a bigger boat with a deep V; I'm pretty young but am still sore after some days in it.
  5. I've had the 8 wt. tip flex since july (got it as a prototype) and absolutely love it. Caught a ton of bonito, albies, bluefish and stripers on it this past year. It suits my casting style very well, and has eough backbone to handle albies in rips. It's fast, but not stiff. I fish it with a 350 Teeny line and a lamson velocity 4. It's my favorite rod; i think I'll be buying the 10 wt. and maybe the 12 this summer.
  6. Yes the line can unroll and shoot at the same time. If you wait for the line to straighten before you shoot it, the fly will be at the leading edge of the entire line and stop moving because of its lower mass and greater air resistance. The fly line will keep travelling, causing a pile up.
  7. I have an 18' maritime skiff. It's a 94 hull with a 2004 engine.I've had it 24 miles offshore. However, it is far from the right boat for that. I'm fairly young (20) so I don't notice the pounding yet, but my dad does, and he really needs to pick and choose the days he goes out. It's great for me because it's incredibly fuel efficient, durable and seaworthy (I do fish when it's fairly snotty, just not 24 miles offshore). When I graduate from college, the 20' Jones Brothers will be one of first boat choices.
  8. My favorite fly for worm hatch fishing is a Bob Hines fly. It's a tapered piece of orange foam tied in at 2 points, once near the ben of the hook and once near they eye to make a gurgler style lip. I use orange foam and color the head black with a sharpie. the flies are tied on size 4 to 8 salmon hooks, which are lighter than standard saltwater hooks so the fly floats higher. They are plenty strong enough, I've had bass to 34" on them. My favorite way to fish them is to let them swing, even in areas of little current. Mend your line so that there is a belly going downstream (trying to increase drag, not decrease it) and let the fly swing through spots where fish have been feeding, and the fish cruch this fly.
  9. No, the ones that i fished had the normal short butt cap and a normal sized foregrip, not like the helios. I don't know if there are any plans to offer the rods with that option. I don't work for Orvis, I just have some friends who do, so I really can't offer any information as to designs or plans for the rod line. All I know is how they fish and cast.
  10. I've fished the 8, 10, and 12 wts. In a word: SWEEEET! Light, fast, and powerful. I've had bass to 25 lbs. on the 10 and some pretty large bonito and the rods had no problems.
  11. The mickey finn is one of my favorite flies to use during a worm hatch. I usually use dark tan or deep red dubbing instead of the silver body braid, though.
  12. Really bright flies can be very effective, especially if the water is a little dirty. I'm a fan of chartreuse and yellow
  13. My dad has the 6'9" rod rated for 15-30 lb. test (I think). It's served him well for deep water fluke, blackfish, and livelining scup and shad.
  14. I have the 10' premier with a penn 704Z and i love it. Casts very well, and balances well with the 704. I've thrown up to 3 1/2 oz. with it, but 2 or 2 1/2 is usually what i cast. I'd definitely go with the 200 or 250, the 150 would be a bit small for it.
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