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New Fishing Term (for me, anyhow) 18 Years ago
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I was reading an article on steelheading, and I came across a term that refers to the loop of loose fly line between your reel and hand when you're swinging a fly. In the past, I always had to use a sentence or two to describe it.
The article calls it the "loop slip". I'm not exactly sure how to use it in a sentence, but I think it's a noun.
Has anyone else heard this term before? It didn't sound like something the author merely created for the article.
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A steelhead fly fisherman needs two qualities:
A strong casting arm and a room temperature IQ.
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Re:New Fishing Term (for me, anyhow) 18 Years ago
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A slip loop or hanging loop is used to facilitate the "slip strike". This is primarily used when using a light tippet to protect it when you lift your rod. In steelheading it can be used to force a delay in the strike when fishing dries for steelhead as the fish will rise to the fly, make the take, and the angler must hesitate for a split so the fish can turn before the hook is set.
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Thanks, Charlie and... 18 Years ago
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Good to hear from you. Question: I use the slip loop while swinging. I know you're a fan of that style of steelheading. You mention surface flies, but do you use the slip loop when you fish for metal heads?
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A steelhead fly fisherman needs two qualities:
A strong casting arm and a room temperature IQ.
--Thomas McGuane--
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Re:Thanks, Charlie and... 18 Years ago
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He doesn't need it. His senses are dulled by OLD AGE.  |
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Re:New Fishing Term (for me, anyhow) 18 Years ago
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Besides what Brain said (a truism by the way) I only use a slip strike when fishing dries. I never use it when using a sinking line on the swing.
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One more Q 18 Years ago
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Yeah, I'd forgotten that I'd heard you don't use it with a sinking line. How about when you're fishing shallow with a floating line, a long leader and split shot?
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A steelhead fly fisherman needs two qualities:
A strong casting arm and a room temperature IQ.
--Thomas McGuane--
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Re:One more Q 18 Years ago
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Arizona Bruce wrote:
How about when you're fishing shallow with a floating line, a long leader and split shot?
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Re:One more Q 18 Years ago
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Arizona Bruce wrote:
Yeah, I'd forgotten that I'd heard you don't use it with a sinking line. How about when you're fishing shallow with a floating line, a long leader and split shot?
Hmmm...Bruce....What part of dries didn't you understand?
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Re:One more Q 18 Years ago
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Okay, I misread. I've seen a few guys using the slip loop when swinging and wanted to make sure I fully understood.
I try not to use sinking line as it's too difficult to change to drifting beads or bouncing jigs off of steelhead heads. Yep, I'll give swinging 5 or 10 minutes before changing to something more deadly.
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A strong casting arm and a room temperature IQ.
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