I hope the following is helpful for those who get confused with ‘X’ ratings and tippet sizes? Stroft Tippet & Leader Diameter Table Tippet Size Tippet Diameter Approximate breaking strength in Stroft GTM/ABR (kilos/pounds) Balances with fly sizes: Inches Millimetre Kg lb 9x .0025″ 0.06 0.70 1.50 8X .0035″ 0.08 1.00 2.20 22 – 28 …
Tag Archive: fly fishing gear
Jan
04
New Essential Fishing Sunglasses Released – 6 Pairs of Interchangeable Lenses for Every Light Condition
New Fishing Sunglasses Released For 2012 Sun glasses are essential for fishermen, both for keeping out the sun, helping focus on a fly, seeing the trout / salmon take and most importantly to protect eyes from flying hooks! With 6 pairs of interchangeable lenses these are ideal for any light conditions from very low light …
Jun
05
Fly Fishing Sunglasses – HD Video Recorder & Camera Sunglasses
Essential Fly Fishing Video / Camera Polaroid Sunglasses Review Sun glasses are essential for fishermen, both for keeping out the sun, helping focus on a fly, seeing the trout / salmon below the water rise and take our fly and most importantly to protect eyes from flying hooks!I remember watching one of my wife’s TV …
May
31
HD Video 1280 x 720 and 12 mega pixel camera POLAROID FISHING SUNGLASSES
Essential Fly Fishing Video / Camera Polaroid Sunglasses (1280 x 720 pixel video 4gb video 12 mega pixel camera) Polaroid sun glasses are essential for fishermen, both for keeping out the sun, helping focus on a fly, seeing the trout / salmon take and most importantly to protect eyes from flying hooks! These fishing sunglasses …
May
03
Benefits of a Fast Action Fly Fishing Rod
ecause of the fly rod’s rigidity this makes fast action fly rods more powerful than slower action fly rods. The increase in power means that the fly fisherman with a fast action fly rod can cast a fly line a longer distance……………….
Apr
21
Tapered Leaders
So what is a tapered leader? It is a specially designed leader with a long and heavy butt for turnover power and a supple front taper for delicate presentation. A tapered leader is just tat a leader that tapers to a fine point! The thickness at the front of the leader varies according to the …
Apr
18
Superb Alternatives To CF Fly Boxes
Fantastic New Waterproof Fly Box Alternative to CF35878 Fly Box Holds 672 flies! We worked with our manufacturers to produce an alternative box to the CF Design Fly Boxes at a sensible price and this stunning fly box is the result. Similar to the large CF35878 which normally retails at around £35. As usual with …
Apr
10
First River Fishing Trip Of 2011
Managed to get my first river fishing trip of the season on the River Nidd at Hampsthwaite in the Knaresborough Anglers water yesterday after a toe operation delayed my first river trip of the season. However the weather was beautiful little cloud in the sky with temperature topping 20C, with my daughter wedding dress shopping …
Mar
30
Light Penetration In Water Types For Fishermen for Fly Fishing or Lure Fishing
One of the most mis-understood areas in fishing is what happens to light in water. To see a colour we need that colour within the spectrum to be visible on the object we are viewing because we see colour as it is the relection of light on an object. So what is the issue? well …
Mar
27
Sonik Range Of Fly Fishing Clothing, Rods, Reels, Fly Fishing Lines and Luggage Released
Sonik Fly Fishing Tackle & Clothing Range Released We are pleased to announce the release of the Sonik range of fly fishing products, including the sonik rods, sonik reels, sonik fly lines, sonik luggage and sonik waders. We had been examining the market and found that Sonik range was the most complete on the market, …
Fly Fishing / Fly Tying Videos
- Ice Fishing In Finland with Elias 14/01/2013Ice Fishing In Finland with Elias Ice Fishing In Finland with Elias - the grayling attach flies dangled on ice rods like pike attack a poorly fish! From: FlyFishingFlies Views: 589 1 ratings Time: 09:43 More in Sports […]
- Emperor-video-facebook.wmv 27/01/2012Emperor-video-facebook.wmv The Emperor Dragonfly or Blue Emperor, Anax imperator, is a large and powerful species of hawker dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae, averaging 78 millimetres ... From: FlyFishingFlies Views: 28 1 ratings Time: 03:00 More in Sports […]
- theessentialfly.com video fishing sunglasses Low Res Video 11/11/2011theessentialfly.com video fishing sunglasses Low Res Video theessentialfly.com video fishing sunglasses Low Res Video. From: FlyFishingFlies Views: 97 0 ratings Time: 03:26 More in Sports […]
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