Pike on the fly

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I did a dry test in the yard with the small steel leader and it cast pretty decent. Good distance and all. Today I tried out my new 8wt with floating bass taper at yuba reservoir. When the fly (perch pattern) was used I noticed a definite drop in distance. Don't know if it was the weight of the fly or combined weight of the fly and leader. Also I go d out some great info on this set up. The fly skirted just under the surface 4-6 inches when stripped. Good info to know for future bass runs this summer. I did catch a pike but it was on a spoon.
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