Originally Posted By: FleaFlickr02
Well, I agree that you need to get down to catch winter fish, but my opinion is that when you make a decision to swing flies, you are giving up your opportunity to effectively fish water deeper than about 6 feet. Using T-20 to try and reach deeper lies will likely result in more bursitis than fish (you'll be lucky to get 6" deeper than you would with T-14 unless you are using a full sink line), and casting it will be torture, at best. If you want to swing for steelhead, walk right by the water deeper than about 6 feet. My two cents. There's plenty of water on any river that holds fish and is less than 8 feet deep. Focus on that, or break out the gear rod (which I have been known to do).


I agree FleaFlicker, I have suffered and am recovering from tendonitus elbow, although not from casting. To gain opportunity to access that deeper water, so much that is past up as not swingable, technological advances make it difficult to resist trying to obtain that magical grab! I will cut some up and give it a try anyway. Thanks.
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