Today was not quite as magical as Monday. We got out and waded the first flat catching about a half dozen fish. Bill hoked up on a few nice ones, but broke them off. After inspecting his leader, which was brand new out of the package, I discovered that it was weak, bad and needed to be changed. I was a bit peeved with the leader. I believe it was an umqua. Bill says he does't know how long he has had it, but it was not in the sun.
This brings me to a point of contention. Mono vs. Floro. Mono degrades in the sun. One good thing about floro is that it does not degrade in the sun... one bad thing about floro is that it does not degrade in the sun. Who knows how many baby birds have been ensnared in a floro found by momma bird by the side of the river and brought to the nest. It is enough to keep me from using it, especially with the amount of crap I've seen left in rivers.
Tom stuck six or seven on the first flat. We hooked a few more nice ones on the float, but none to the boat. After lunch we made the tough call of fishing dries only. We were able to get a few up top, but no size.
The brothers Zanoni were a pleasure to have in the boat and we laughed and joked the day away.
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