Hey, let's list common myths that are prevalent about ultralight tackle.
Light lines kill fish.
Light tippets kill fish.
Light rods are wimpy.
All three of these are often used in conjunction with each other. The rebuttal that I use when people tell me these is: Do you know how to fight a fish
properly? If they say yes, I watch them fish. When they hook a fish and stick the rod straight up, I look at them and tell them, no you don't. To apply
maximum pressure, you have to use your rod for what it is meant to do. The butt of the rod is where you fight the fish. The soft tip is for tippet protection,
and the midsection transfers power up and down the blank from tip to butt and vice versa. Use side pressure with the fish on the reel, and you can break a big
fish quicker than you can with the rod vertical.
What are some of the comments you have heard when you pull out a one or two weight fly rod and everyone else is fishing a 5wt or heavier?
Light lines kill fish.
Light tippets kill fish.
Light rods are wimpy.
All three of these are often used in conjunction with each other. The rebuttal that I use when people tell me these is: Do you know how to fight a fish
properly? If they say yes, I watch them fish. When they hook a fish and stick the rod straight up, I look at them and tell them, no you don't. To apply
maximum pressure, you have to use your rod for what it is meant to do. The butt of the rod is where you fight the fish. The soft tip is for tippet protection,
and the midsection transfers power up and down the blank from tip to butt and vice versa. Use side pressure with the fish on the reel, and you can break a big
fish quicker than you can with the rod vertical.
What are some of the comments you have heard when you pull out a one or two weight fly rod and everyone else is fishing a 5wt or heavier?
