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- By: Buzz Bryson
- and Paul Guernsey
I have heard that you should not mix nylon leaders and tippet material with fluorocarbon leaders and tippet. Is this true, and if so, why? I think the combination becomes explosive if placed in water... Seriously, mixing fluorocarbon and regular nylon can be a problem, but no more so than mixing two
- By: Buzz Bryson
- and Paul Guernsey
Topics: Testing home-built rods for the proper line-weight recommendation; probably better to enroll wife in fly-fishing school than teach her yourself; teaching your kids to fly-fish could create memories cherished for a lifetime
- By: Buzz Bryson
- and Paul Guernsey
Topics: "Tips on not popping your tippet while getting the fish on the reel, information on the practical differences between 8-ft. and 9-ft. rods, when is one too old to start fly-fishing?"
- By: Buzz Bryson
- and Paul Guernsey
Topics: "How to determine a fly line's weight, tying a double-loop weed guard on a bass fly using Mason hard mono, advise on how to ""hook up"" with single female anglers."
- By: Paul Guernsey
- and Buzz Bryson
Topics: "Tips for tying biot tails, solutions for curing leader flop, women are, in general, easier to train at fly-casting"
- By: Buzz Bryson
- and Paul Guernsey
Topics: Remedies for stuck ferrules; buying a streamer rod that can throw full-sinking and floating lines; personal fishing by guides on the client's time and money
- By: Buzz Bryson
- and Paul Guernsey
Topics: "How to know when enough (backing) is enough, setting the reel drag for trout fishing, fly shop treatment of women customers, fly shop treatment of beginner"
- By: Paul Guernsey
- and Buzz Bryson
Topics: "Cork grip repair, repairing a ding to prevent rod from breaking, which is it: Lefty or ""Righty"" Kreh?,tips on tipping fishing guides"
- By: Buzz Bryson
- and Paul Guernsey
Topics: "Questions include enlightenment on when is it useful to use fluorocarbon leaders and tippets, why do heavier line-weight rods seem to load and cast similarly to lighter ones and when writers/editors go on a fishing trip, who pays? "
Topics: The perversion of fishing pleasures into cassh Dealer/Manufacturer(s): "Cabela's, Orvis, Athalon Products"
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