Several years ago I fished a black wooly on a remote lake in BC Canada , others on the lake were using pop gear and bait, I consistently caught more and bigger fish. I completely wore that bugger out in 2 days. I went to a local trading post to get more but they only had olive color which turned out to work equally as well.
Very nice pattern i been making buggers but without any weight on em I started putting a bead on em but no wire but when I cast them they tend to turn to left on cast other words the leader swings back to left don't lay fairly straight I use a 5 weight rod size 2x heavy by 2x long size 6 hook TMC 5262 can u tell me why it might be going to my left on my cast oh and I am using 3 x leader 7/1/2 length thank u for any tips
James, I think I understand what you are describing. My thoughts are, you're casting stroke is opening up to slightly side-arm. when that happens, your line may want to roll straight, but the heavier fly is going to continue to carry to your left (being right handed). Especially when casting a fast action rod with an aggressive taper line, the fly can tend to carry and slightly bounce to the left as it extends.
Several years ago I fished a black wooly on a remote lake in BC Canada , others on the lake were using pop gear and bait, I consistently caught more and bigger fish. I completely wore that bugger out in 2 days. I went to a local trading post to get more but they only had olive color which turned out to work equally as well.
The black Woodley is my go to pattern on lake and stream.
Very nice pattern i been making buggers but without any weight on em I started putting a bead on em but no wire but when I cast them they tend to turn to left on cast other words the leader swings back to left don't lay fairly straight I use a 5 weight rod size 2x heavy by 2x long size 6 hook TMC 5262 can u tell me why it might be going to my left on my cast oh and I am using 3 x leader 7/1/2 length thank u for any tips
James, I think I understand what you are describing. My thoughts are, you're casting stroke is opening up to slightly side-arm. when that happens, your line may want to roll straight, but the heavier fly is going to continue to carry to your left (being right handed). Especially when casting a fast action rod with an aggressive taper line, the fly can tend to carry and slightly bounce to the left as it extends.