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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Rod weight?
« on: July 07, 2011, 12:11:08 PM »
Hey Daniel, how you doing,you moved yet?Very good point and one I completely forgot. Always remember fish CPR before you buy a rod.
The less you have them the better for you and your fishing time as well as the fish and its lifetime.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Rod weight?
« on: June 30, 2011, 09:36:44 AM »
Stripers love to eat! TRUE DAT, and their diet is different from one body of water to the next.  I carried Clousers and Spinsters in sizes 4 and 3/0 various colors as well as dragon fly and hex imitations, nymph and adult.
First and most practical  thing any serious angler should do is study the hatch then try to match it. Do this by simply studying your waters and the baitfish and insects that swim in and above them. If you haven't learned to tie flies do so, it's the other half of fly fishing, it enhances and completes the experience and your fly fishing will cost a lot less.


The only people I know that catch line sides regularly are a couple of Delta guides that read water like you or I read a book.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Rod weight?
« on: June 29, 2011, 06:37:30 PM »
You turned it upside down when you you turned into a striper fisherman. I've been chasing them since I was a teenager and I'm still learning new things about our Mr. Line sides

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Kayaks / Re: Sinking Raptor
« on: June 29, 2011, 03:34:19 PM »
The location of the Raptors drain plugs or installed on top of the split sterns right at the ends. In rough water the waves will go over them, no big deal if your drain plugs are tighten down like they should be or if they were there in the first place.
Mr. TD had to be given replacements meaning he didn't have any in the first place.
Also he did not use the flotation bags that came with that yak. If he'd done so he'd still have all his gear.












http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=163826
 
http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=162304

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Rod weight?
« on: June 29, 2011, 12:29:41 PM »
9' is a good all around length. One thing I should mention about heavier lines or rods, (from a six wt up) for that matter is that they are easier to cast. If the line sides your fishing for or feeding on top it could be insects believe or not, such as dragon flies, hex's which line sides love as much as any fish.  You got the right ideal, check out stomach contents once you catch one.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Rod weight?
« on: June 28, 2011, 01:36:20 PM »
Quick question, I think.

I was throwing at some stripers the other night, using an 8wt. My flies are small and light; the fish were crashing a shoreline. I had a tough time "feeling" the fly in the dark with the big 8wt. I've only used it for some dogs up north, so I know I'm not used to it, but do you guys think I could get a better feeling with a 6/7wt, with the smaller flies, in shallow water? Or is it just a matter of using it enough? The fish range from 22" to 33".



Hey Slowriprun,Have you caught one of those fish on your 6wt, ? I use a 9' 10lb  commercial built leader an tippet to match on a nine wt. I use and air flow shooting head I really like on a 9wt 9'rod. I have no trouble feeling the fly. But then I've been using a 9wt for over 15 years.
If their really busting top water I use a 6 wt rod with a 7 wt. floating ling. I chase large mouth and stripers and anything in saltwater when I can. My flies range from a i/2 inch to 8 inches depending on the waters. Do you keep your rod tip pointed at the water when your striping in your fly?
 Also what brand rod are you using? You won't get a lot of feel from a cheap rod. A good test that's

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Here's a peddling yak for you
« on: June 01, 2011, 08:57:23 AM »
Hey Daniel , lets do the Delta sometime soon, and you really can try one out  Tote have you been?

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Here's a peddling yak for you
« on: June 01, 2011, 07:58:59 AM »
Quote...."I tried fly fishing from a Hobbie. Even with the best line control but your will sooner or later find it's way to those pedals, when that happens it's pure hell."

AYFKM (new acronym) .....I am calling it Bravo Sierra on that statement...aren't there pedals on that monstrosity  :smt003 :smt003

otobepelagic, sorry it took so long to get back to you. For some reason I'm not getting email notifications  for replies to my posts . Yes that beautifully made craft or that monstrosity as YOU put it, does have pedals. Good eyes. I didn't mean to imply or
B S any one ( once again as you put it.) . it was actually the brainchild the Raptor evolved from. Let me see if I can  make it clearer for you. I posted the images of it because I though it was beautiful work , I've never paddled  or peddled this craft. I had a hobbie Adventurer for several months, I'll never own a kayak with pedals again.  I would  never seriously recommend any yak with peddles  for fly fishing, I do seriously recommend  the plastic Raptor without pedals for any fly fishers that wants to cast a line from a kayak. Sorry for any confusion you may have suffered, otobepelagic.

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General Talk / Re: Raptor Roll Challenge
« on: June 01, 2011, 07:26:52 AM »
How's my favorite little rodent? Hey Daniel, how are you and your women folk? The design of this yak lends it self to a very simple but very effective anchor set up ( A lot more later.)  That will stop one of if not the most frustrating experiences that can happen  to any...kayak angler, and that's getting blown around or into who knows what, while their changing lures or flies. The Raptor will meet your criteria and then some.
That said, I'm looking forward to this event .

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Santa Cruz / The Amazing Raptor part 2
« on: April 13, 2011, 07:59:14 PM »
I thought this was the proper place so I moved my post here. I will be posting more  about this yak that wasn't in the interview tomorrow.
Ok so it isn't tomorrow. First of all I never thought I'd be standing and casting a fly line in a yak that paddles this well.  The board members that I've had the good fortune know that my paddling skills are traditional, I mean really traditional as in Greenland style. I actually try to fly fish from a Greenland style yak, if you read my review you know what happened. Although I  gave up on the Greenland yak, I've used a Greenland paddle for the last several years. There were some paddling skills  I wasn't able to do  because of the bulk of most S.o.ts  I can now do in the Raptor. There is a somewhat humorous situation in the design of the Raptor( Too me any way)
When I do a paddling demo one of my first instructions is...end your paddle stroke with your hand by your hip, in doing so you don't wast energy keeping your yak tracking straight with corrective strokes. When I or you are siting the Raptor you will notice just beyond the hip is when the Raptor spreads out so that area stops the strok from going ant farther. if I need to I'll post an image. This fantastic! Now even Yakhopper would have to paddle properly in a Raptor!

Hey Guys I've been reviewing The santa Cruz Kayaks  Raptor for about the last month. Check it out on kayak fishing magazine. Link below
http://www.kayakfishingmagazine.net/gear-guide/92-staff-reviews/1351-santa-cruz-raptor.html


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 SantaCuzkaKayaks.com I really want one of these now and I'm hopping I can save a little more and get one. I was so impressed I wanted to pass this experience on to other fishermen.
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Let me help. Please read. http://www.kayakfishingmagazine.net/gear-guide/92-staff-reviews/1351-santa-cruz-raptor.html
Truth be told, If they would have invented this yak a few years ago I wouldn't have paddled as many as i did.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: In the Dark
« on: March 19, 2011, 08:33:00 AM »
First lesson, don't wade.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Here's a peddling yak for you
« on: March 19, 2011, 08:29:48 AM »
Here's a yak with peddles, The wooden one isn't available sorry.
The plastic one is, without peddles.

I tried fly fishing from a Hobbie. Even with the best line control  your  line will sooner or later find it's way to those pedals, when that happens it's pure hell.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Yaking on the Delta
« on: March 19, 2011, 08:06:57 AM »
You were gone?   



I'm kidding. Good to have you back. give me a call when your ready.

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