A great start to the year!

how does this rate as a great first day out!
off the rocks at culdaff i thought i would try out my new outfit!
weather was ok. After about half an hour i managed to snap my new scierra floating line!
after persisting for another while on an intermediate it began to rain and get dark, so i decided to pack up, my hands slipped on the rod and i pulled off two snake eyes on the brand new rod!
i was gutted!
but both were repairable, fortunately the line snapped after the casting weight so some braided nylon and polyurethane glue sorted it out, and Braddels fixed my rod!
Should i quit now and resume during the summer?

how did your line snap.is it a saltwater line, dont think ive ever heard of that happening. dats poxy luck mate

Thats seriously unlucky :x

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Colin

the line was a pike line with a braid core, i am assuming this was a factor in it breaking as i have had braid line snap for no apparent reason as well, though i thought fly line would be better protected!

TX did you get you fly caught and pull for a break when the line went? What strength tippet where you using? Most fly lines break around 20-25lb bs so heavy tippets can be dangerous.

Damn unlucky day out. About same time last year I went out for a chuck to keep my sanity during the dark months and promptly removed the top 24" of my rod with a clouser, shop sorted new section in days, phew.

Marty

thats real unlucky,
the line caught on the spool handle and when i cast it snapped!
i was bit worried about breaking strength of tippets, as i use quite a heavy leader for pike flyfishing, 35lb with a 20lb wire leader, this possibly could be too heavy, may use it only for off a boat, less chance of snags!

usually tie my own tapered starting wit 2 ft of 60lb butt, then 40, then 30, then 20 and a 15lb frog hair tippet, have yet to break off ion a fish with it. results in about a 7/8ft leader, all uni knotted with the tippet attached via loop to loop

is that for saltwater or pike?
i have been tying those singaporean leaders they seem pretty good!

saltwater,was using rio stripped bass leaders but for rock fishing they were too expensive

I used to use homemade tapered leaders similar to lumpy but these days I find 6ft of 30lb amnesia to a 2mm rig ring (miles better than loop to loop IMO, would never go back) as a butt end with whatever length/strength of tippet on the end does the job just as well. It turns over great every time and they are dead easy to replace not that you need to very often, the tippet is new every time I go out.
I have tried the Singaporean leaders in short lengths with reasonable success but didn't find them as good as my current ones. I have just bought a few longer furled leaders with braided cores to try this year, will be interesting to see how they go.

Marty