I bought on advertisement from these guys, who catching trout on streamers with lightweight 3-4 class rods (BTW they using glass rods in this video - Redington Butterstick and Hardy Sirrus)
So, I ordered and assembled my own "micro skagit" setup. Echo Glass 486-4 (8'6" 4wt). line: OPST Smooth 175 grain + S6 sinking tip + 5' mono leader.
I was invited by fellow fisherman to his home water, not so far from my town. The river was small, but deep. The water was turbid unfortunately. So I decided to throw very colorful streamer (purple woolybugger with hot pink beadhead).
Soon I got 3 rainbows on my purple streamer. Not big, but nice to catch.
After that, I spotted fish raising for dries on the far bank. I replaced line with RW TT 4wt (my dry line), and continued with the same rod
There were browns under the opposite bank, in quiet water. It was not easy task, because there's faster current in the middle, and either fish takes fly at first second, or fly dragged downstream from fish zone. But , if there's active fish, they take fly almost immediately after it hits the water.
3 on streamer, 4 on dry. Nice debut for Echo. Not big trouts, something in 11"-13" range, but not a babies either.
Also, my friend had a dog with him, which is kind of trained fishing dog. Once I landed a fish, she came to me to inquire what's that?
Those opst lines have been a real game changer for me. I carry a wf floater and a 175 grain commando head setup for my 4 wt. I can fish everything from tiny dries to big meat with no problems at all. Great stuff.
Those opst lines have been a real game changer for me. I carry a wf floater and a 175 grain commando head setup for my 4 wt. I can fish everything from tiny dries to big meat with no problems at all. Great stuff.
I've missed something lately I guess; can you tell what obst lines are so I can look it up? Thanks GWW
The opst lines are just very short skagit heads meant for shorter single handed rods. They are fantastic for use with sustained anchor skagit casts like the snap t and double Spey. It allows you to fish bigger flies, and fish in tight quarters. However, they are also a great line for overhead casting too. One back cast and you can really launch a streamer. You can cast pretty meaty streamers with a 4wt rod and a 175 grain head.
Can you tell us how you learned to cast this line, being different than a standard DT or WF line?
I learned mostly from youtube videos, clips from OPSkagit channel and Ed Ward himself. This is pretty good demonstration (including sustained anchor casts and single spey). He also adds more energy to the cast, using left hand for "double haul"
it also can be used for overhead cast, but with much slower movement , because line feels like 2 weights heavier than rod designation
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