Fergal Posted September 18 Author Report Share Posted September 18 The alarm went off at 415, I looked at the radar and thought about staying in bed. I decided to go out anyways. Well, I should have stayed in bed. The wind was more than forecast and the water is still brown. If I do fish tomorrow I won’t be up for sunrise. I think it needs another day or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjr Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 Went out late afternoon Sunday for an hour and only saw a couple break the surface. lost one to leader breaking from tangled fly line.Need to start using the go pro to review the chaos at crunch time. When this front passes it should be lights out with bass,blues and Albies if the bait didn't all get blown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergal Posted September 18 Author Report Share Posted September 18 The last of my whores for the year. I try leave my UV stuff on the dash for a few days. BWalsh, turkaholic, Buckscorider and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadogg Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 8 hours ago, tjr said: Went out late afternoon Sunday for an hour and only saw a couple break the surface. lost one to leader breaking from tangled fly line.Need to start using the go pro to review the chaos at crunch time. When this front passes it should be lights out with bass,blues and Albies if the bait didn't all get blown away. You don’t need a Go-Pro. You identified the problem. Make sure your line is well stretched and keep your composure as it’s leaving the deck after the take. Tangles are sometimes just bad luck, but other times it’s more than that. I purchased a new Rio Outbound Short a couple weeks ago to replace a Rio XP that was severely cracked. My reason for the change was the hope that this line wouldn’t crack after just a season, as several Rio lines have done. Anyway, I had more running line tangles over the course of the day than I’ve had over my entire fly fishing career. Tangles on the cast, tangles on the takes, ridiculous. Needless to say, it went back. I ended up purchasing an SA tropical intermediate for the increased stiffness. Awesome line so far. JonC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennisl Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 1 min ago, Seadogg said: You don’t need a Go-Pro. You identified the problem. Make sure your line is well stretched and keep your composure as it’s leaving the deck after the take. Tangles are sometimes just bad luck, but other times it’s more than that. I purchased a new Rio Outbound Short a couple weeks ago to replace a Rio XP that was severely cracked. My reason for the change was the hope that this line wouldn’t crack after just a season, as several Rio lines have done. Anyway, I had more running line tangles over the course of the day than I’ve had over my entire fly fishing career. Tangles on the cast, tangles on the takes, ridiculous. Needless to say, it went back. I ended up purchasing an SA tropical intermediate for the increased stiffness. Awesome line so far. I had the same experience with the Outbound Short. Switched to Airflow Cold Water Intermediate. Takes me a few more false casts to get it out there but no tangles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadogg Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 8 mins ago, dennisl said: I had the same experience with the Outbound Short. Switched to Airflow Cold Water Intermediate. Takes me a few more false casts to get it out there but no tangles. Yea it was awful. I was into the fish pretty good and had landed a bunch, but after so many tangles I just had to put the fly rod down, it was that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numbskull Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 Crouching down and holding my line hand only a few inches above the deck as line is cleared helps greatly in avoiding snarls. Another trick is to leave enough slack from the reel to the deck to avoid lifting bottom loops in the line pile when you false cast or turn…..easier said than done, however. Bare feet or socks helps with standing on the line. Rod butt against the arm while clearing line is helpful. theshadow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergal Posted Tuesday at 09:39 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:39 PM The weekend's forecast.... I can get out Friday AM until noon or maybe a little later (and Friday now doesn't look too good). After that it doesn't look good for several days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergal Posted Thursday at 02:00 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 02:00 PM I’m heading out tomorrow for sunrise. I can stay until about noon, maybe a little later. It looks like the wind is going to hold off in the am. My window is Tuesday and then my two week vacation starts Friday of next week. capecodflats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennisl Posted Thursday at 04:14 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 04:14 PM 2 hours ago, Fergal said: I’m heading out tomorrow for sunrise. I can stay until about noon, maybe a little later. It looks like the wind is going to hold off in the am. My window is Tuesday and then my two week vacation starts Friday of next week. I ended up rescheduling a trip to RI from NYC to 9/29-30 due to Lee. Let me know if you want to link up and chase some albies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfrat59 Posted Thursday at 05:22 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 05:22 PM Forecast here LI East winds 10/20 tomorrow am increasing in the afternoon to the weekends forecasted level.. Was out this am with a light N wind at my back, was surprised to see some decent whitewater, the swells must be pushing up ahead of the storm already. Spinning gear for me tomorrow, bucktails, big plugs and metal lips in the white water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergal Posted Thursday at 06:39 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 06:39 PM 2 hours ago, dennisl said: I ended up rescheduling a trip to RI from NYC to 9/29-30 due to Lee. Let me know if you want to link up and chase some albies! I’ll be away from 9/29-10/13 or so, hopefully chasing albies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergal Posted Thursday at 06:41 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 06:41 PM 1 hour ago, surfrat59 said: Forecast here LI East winds 10/20 tomorrow am increasing in the afternoon to the weekends forecasted level.. Was out this am with a light N wind at my back, was surprised to see some decent whitewater, the swells must be pushing up ahead of the storm already. Spinning gear for me tomorrow, bucktails, big plugs and metal lips in the white water. It may end up sucking tomorrow but the window is short for them and I have a clear schedule for the am. Worst case scenario is I lose some sleep and waste some gas. The option is going into work…. surfrat59 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brushfly Posted Friday at 02:37 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:37 PM (edited) Did you all see the 19.5lb mule brought in yesterday to the MV Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby? Not on the fly. Yowza. Edited Friday at 02:38 PM by brushfly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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