New Fly Guy – Things You Don’t Need

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As a new guy, you get excited and assume you need everything that is sold.  Here are two items that you can live without.

The first one is a tool to stretch your leader to heat it up just a bit and take the curls out.  According to the LL Bean book, it is easy to overheat the leader using this tool.  Instead, they recommend that you just stretch it by hand.

I’ve been doing that and have found that it works just fine.  No need for this thing to hang off your vest and get in the way.

The item on the right is a tool to assist with the threading of the tippet through the eye of the hook.  I found that this thing is more trouble than it is worth.  It’s faster to just take a few jabs at the eye.  You will get it through faster than pulling this thing out, putting the fly on it just so and then working the line through the slot and the eye.

Save your money and skip these two items.

Unless stated otherwise, this article was authored by Steve Moore

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Disclaimer and Warning:  The contents of this site reflect the opinion of the author and you, the reader, must exercise care in the use and interpretation of this information.  Fishing is a dangerous sport.  You can slip and fall on rocks and sustain severe injury.  You can drown.  You can get hooks caught in your skin, face, eyes or other sensitive places.  All sorts of bad things can happen to you when to go into the woods to visit the places documented here.  Forests, streams and lakes are wild areas and any number of bad things can happen.  You must make your own judgment in terms of acceptable behavior and risk and not rely on anything posted here.  I disclaim all liability and responsibility for any actions you take as a result of reading the articles on this site.  If you do not agree with this, you should not read anything posted on this site.

Disclaimer and Warning:  The contents of this site reflect the opinion of the author and you, the reader, must exercise care in the use and interpretation of this information.  Fishing is a dangerous sport.  You can slip and fall on rocks and sustain severe injury.  You can drown.  You can get hooks caught in your skin, face, eyes or other sensitive places.  All sorts of bad things can happen to you when to go into the woods to visit the places documented here.  Forests, streams and lakes are wild areas and any number of bad things can happen.  You must make your own judgment in terms of acceptable behavior and risk and not rely on anything posted here.  I disclaim all liability and responsibility for any actions you take as a result of reading the articles on this site.  If you do not agree with this, you should not read anything posted on this site.

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