01-08-2006, 07:45 PM
The leader material is made by Racine Tortue in France. The 1 lb test is measured in milimeters 8/100 m.m. and the 3/4 lb test is 6/100 m.m. It is much much smaller than a person's hair.
I use 2 lb test mono for trout fishing and the 1 lb test is less than half it's size. The 3/4 lb test is ridiculously thin yet quite resilient. It has quite a bit of stretch yet easily straightens out between my fingers before I cast. It also seems to be very abrasion resistant.
No strike is necessary, the small fly ends up hooked to the muscle that prevents water from entering the trout's stomach if I let the trout move off too far before lifting my rod tip. If I lift my rod tip soon enough, the fly gets caught in the corner of it's mouth.
I found that trout will fight harder if they are hooked in the jaw or corner of the mouth. Is it the fact that the hook is so close to be freed?
I live in the province of Quebec....about 2 1/2 hours north of Quebec City.
I just looked up a method to convert mm to inches. So the .06 mm to inches is .0023622 inches for the 3/4 lb test.
I also use these tiny flies for whitefish. The whitefish average around 3 lbs. They have a tiny toothless mouth. Their mouths are so small, I can't get my little finger in their mouths.
Whitefish are hard fighters. At first they fight on the surface...sometimes jumping....then they head for deep water...this is when you have to ease off on the tension. Whitefish are in the salmon family. I would guess that their closest relative is the grayling because like the grayling....they smell like cucumber.
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I use 2 lb test mono for trout fishing and the 1 lb test is less than half it's size. The 3/4 lb test is ridiculously thin yet quite resilient. It has quite a bit of stretch yet easily straightens out between my fingers before I cast. It also seems to be very abrasion resistant.
No strike is necessary, the small fly ends up hooked to the muscle that prevents water from entering the trout's stomach if I let the trout move off too far before lifting my rod tip. If I lift my rod tip soon enough, the fly gets caught in the corner of it's mouth.
I found that trout will fight harder if they are hooked in the jaw or corner of the mouth. Is it the fact that the hook is so close to be freed?
I live in the province of Quebec....about 2 1/2 hours north of Quebec City.
I just looked up a method to convert mm to inches. So the .06 mm to inches is .0023622 inches for the 3/4 lb test.
I also use these tiny flies for whitefish. The whitefish average around 3 lbs. They have a tiny toothless mouth. Their mouths are so small, I can't get my little finger in their mouths.
Whitefish are hard fighters. At first they fight on the surface...sometimes jumping....then they head for deep water...this is when you have to ease off on the tension. Whitefish are in the salmon family. I would guess that their closest relative is the grayling because like the grayling....they smell like cucumber.
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