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A little report...and some help needed.
Went to Sycamore Island in Fresno yesterday. Some old gravel pits on the San Joaquin River. We started on the river. Floated down-stream in float tubes until the river turned into a large pond. We took the turn. Otherwise, we may have ended up who knows where...high and dry. Not good.
Anyway, we went looking for bass. Four of us. Two are outstanding bass fishers, I'm not one of them. The water was very cold. We fished for 7 hours. Tubed a couple of ponds. We hit it hard, and covered most all the water. Lots of brush, trees and logs on the sides of the ponds...boy, I'm not a bass fisher but, this looked like really good habitat.
Zero, zip, nada. We speculated that the water was too cold. A couple more weeks might do it.
That aside. During the day, my buddy shared his new rod with me. He bought it at the Plesanton Fly Show. Winston. First thing I noticed was how smooth it casts. Rod aside, it was the line.
Seems my 3M Mastery intermediate sink tip is all bumpy. It was real obvious after casting his. My line seems like it's got "bumps" on it. As I looked closer, it looks like it's been twisted. Thousands of times. Even laying in the water, it looks twisted.
Anyone ever had that happen? What's going on? Obviously time for a new line, but I wouldn't want it to happen again. Did I do something wrong? It's been stored in the house..not the garage in the heat. Perhaps, 2-3 years old.
Second. One of the group was using a pair of diving fins with his float tube. Wow, they were good. Fast. He paid $25 at Big Five. Little race with one of the others, who had Force Fins..it was a tie. Patrick has had both, and swears the dive fins are better. Anyone use dive fins with their float tube? $25 versus $130. Plus, the dive fins float. We tried them both side to side. The Force Fins sunk like a rock...the dive fins floated.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
CharlieJ
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