Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Surf fishing -- Floating line = idiot?

As you mention different lines, something I've been looking at but can't decide if its a good purchase.  There are some lines out now by a few different companies with interchangeable tips, most seem to be around $140.  1 float and 3 different sinking tips of different speeds.  Has anyone used these?

Thanks,

Dan Barrett
(540)-222-8064


On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 3:25 PM, TurbineBlade <doublebclan@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey -- I'm planning to do more fishing on the beach this year and will be in OBX in few months (and also MD Eastern Shore).  I've done a little surf fishing in DE with a full-sink line, and I didn't catch anything other than horseshoe crabs -- but I got an understanding of how to use the basket, etc.  The full sink was honestly dragging bottom too much to be effective....at least where I was standing.  

One thing I kept thinking was that fishing near the shore (I guess between the "wash" and first sand bar -- I'm too scared of sharks to try to get to the deeper cuts...sue me, I never claimed I was rational) might be a place to use a floating line?  A lot of folks talk about using the int. line instead, but doesn't the wave action push just as much a few inches below the surface as it does on the surface?  It seems like you could mend the floater and work a "swing" with the incoming waves better than you could with a sinking line.  

I also understand that the intensity of the waves and/or depth you're fishing makes a difference....I'm mostly thinking OBX and Assateague.  

In other words, is it worth my time to use the floater, or is that one to leave home?  

Gene

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