Was out fishing my little local creek this past weekend,
and with all the overhanging limbs and such, snags are inevitable.
(Unless I roll-cast the entire time, but what's the fun in that? <g>)
So, just like clock-work, I snagged the very tip of a limb.
I tried to pull it out, but my tippet broke,
leaving my 2 wet-flies in the tree.
Well, darnit! I tied those damn flies, and I was going to get them back.
It was just a tad too high for me to reach the tip of that limb,
So I got creative.
I scoured the bank for a long, sturdy tree branch, with a "Y" fork at the end.
I reached up with this branch and stuck the end into the limb with my flies,
and started to twist it. After quite a lot of twisting, I was able to break-off the whispy limb,
above the point where my flies were snared. Worked great!
Just thought I'd pass that along...
(Probably would only work on "green" limbs, with a diameter of 1/2" or less, though.)
Also, this past weekend, mostly out of curiosity, I watched that DVD that comes with Cortland line.
Not too bad, a bit ad-hoc and amateurish, but entertaining, anyway.
In one part he demonstrated another technique for getting your flies out of trees:
Strip the line in and let the rod tip ride all the way up to and touching the snared fly,
and then flip it, shake it, etc. and it will free.
This weekend, with this fresh in my mind, I attempted this technique first,
but with only my shortie FF60, I couldn't reach the tip that high.
Maybe that wouldv'e worked too?
Ok, those are my contributions.
Anyone else have some other techniques for freeing snags?
Would love to hear them.
and with all the overhanging limbs and such, snags are inevitable.
(Unless I roll-cast the entire time, but what's the fun in that? <g>)
So, just like clock-work, I snagged the very tip of a limb.
I tried to pull it out, but my tippet broke,
leaving my 2 wet-flies in the tree.
Well, darnit! I tied those damn flies, and I was going to get them back.
It was just a tad too high for me to reach the tip of that limb,
So I got creative.
I scoured the bank for a long, sturdy tree branch, with a "Y" fork at the end.
I reached up with this branch and stuck the end into the limb with my flies,
and started to twist it. After quite a lot of twisting, I was able to break-off the whispy limb,
above the point where my flies were snared. Worked great!
Just thought I'd pass that along...
(Probably would only work on "green" limbs, with a diameter of 1/2" or less, though.)
Also, this past weekend, mostly out of curiosity, I watched that DVD that comes with Cortland line.
Not too bad, a bit ad-hoc and amateurish, but entertaining, anyway.
In one part he demonstrated another technique for getting your flies out of trees:
Strip the line in and let the rod tip ride all the way up to and touching the snared fly,
and then flip it, shake it, etc. and it will free.
This weekend, with this fresh in my mind, I attempted this technique first,
but with only my shortie FF60, I couldn't reach the tip that high.
Maybe that wouldv'e worked too?
Ok, those are my contributions.
Anyone else have some other techniques for freeing snags?
Would love to hear them.
so much for that idea.
