BAM III scouting...sOOOOoooo close

Everything looked like ideal fall conditions this AM, but there was ZERO topwater.  Metered some suspended fish and started "draggin fly" on the 8 wt.  After about 15 minutes it got SLAMMED but did not stick.  Thought it broke off.  Checked the fly and it was still there.  Examined the fly to discover the dullest hook on earth  Tried sharpening it and it turns out this hook "sharp proof".    Today's painful lesson...expensive fly does not equal quality hook.  Might have to learn to roll my own. 

Fished a while longer for nada.  Off at 1115. 

Hmmm, you try a diamond file? They can hone the hardest of hooks. I just use the diamond nail files. I always file mine in a diamond shape like the owner hooks. Gets em fingernail sticky sharp. I'm surprized there was no top water with all the overcast. You'd think that would have been a bonanza.

HHHHHMMMMMMMM?????   I guess I need to call "MA BELL" to check on my phone to see why it did not ring?

Didn't really plan it, just went early.  Sorry brother.

Sean -

The drag setting is kind of tricky when trolling flies. The length and relative flexibility of the rod can result in slower loading and hookset. Usually less of a problem with trout but I can imagine with stripers it could be challenging. BTW, what depth were the fish suspended at? Thanks for the intel.

Scott

Damn cheap hooks! and the people who use them. 
I thought i was gonna see/read about how it's sOOOoo close to GOING OFF! w/your pics and stories of multi-hooks and my regrets of missing it!...which I'm sure will be coming soon(I HOPE!)
can't wait to get up there! for BAMMY3 ! and thnx fer'da latest.   

The fish were between 15 and 25 feet down.  While the drag might be tricky, the rod was LOADED and any decent hook would have been burried.  Shopping for sharp flies later this week.

Today's painful lesson...expensive fly does not equal quality hook.  Might have to learn to roll my own. 

Definitely will be rolling my own as well. Over the weekend I got a snag pulled hard and the hook bent. Pretty crazy since I was only running a 15# line. But bent the hook back a little and kept fishing. Got a solid hit (possibly a solid snag) and the hook broke! WTF!! Will be making sure this won't happen again.

Z

That is WEAK.  Asking around it seems they are all made in far away countries by impoverished kids...that ain't right.  Rollin my own. 

If you make your own that kid with Starve.....WTG...  Now he  or she will make explosive vests.  Like the commercial says.... FOR THE PRICE OF A CUP OF COFFEE YOU CAN FEED A CHILD FOR A MONTH...

***IF I OFFENDED ANYONE, OR "ALIENATED OTHERS" BY THIS POST I AM SORRY.  SOMEONE GOT THERE   PANTIES IN A WAD, OVER THE FACT THAT THEY THOUGHT I WAS ATTACKING THE VARIOUS CULTURES THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS BOARD. I WAS INFORMED THAT SWEATSHOPS ARE ONLY IN S.E. ASIA, AND NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. I WAS MERLEY COMMENTING ON THE FACT THAT IF SEAN DOESNT BUY THESE FLIES ANYMORE THAN THE COMPANY WILL GO TITS UP. IF BILL WANTS ME TO TAKE IT OFF THEN I WILL, IF I GOTO LOG IN THIS SITE AND MY PASSWORD DOESNT WORK, THEN I GUESS I PISSED MORE THAN ONE PERSON OFF***

No worries. If the same kid that tied this fly mad a vest, it wouldn't explode!

Now he  or she will make explosive vests.  Like the commercial says.... FOR THE PRICE OF A CUP OF COFFEE YOU CAN FEED A CHILD FOR A MONTH...

What the F does that mean?? You think all kids who work in sweat shops are suicide bombers.. or you want us to help them out by sponsoring them?
 
Z

I was dragging some hard bait around this morning. Nothing seemed to turn the striper on. I hooked a nice 15in smallie, but that was it. No boils. No love. No work. No worries!

CHEERS!

P.S. Andy.....see a therapist!...not the rapist.

Rodger that...hit it in the PM for nada yesterday.  Then watched the full moon rise and said...DOH!

Did you see anything going on?  Boils, busts, any proof of life