I get 5% more distance, and 35% less fingertip - not a fair trade
By KBarton10 on Nov 12, 2007 in product
I’ve been pounding the Sharkskin line over a month now, and lately it has been giving better than it’s receiving. Buyers need to understand this line bites, and I’m not kidding.
This is my “trigger” finger after 5 hours of nymphing. Nothing heavy, just 300 minutes of stripping running line across my now tender flesh.
It’s a first class rope burn, painful enough so that you’d grimace if you needed to keep fishing - and would juggle the line onto other fingers to lessen the pain.
I haven’t seen any mention of this phenomenon in their advertising, but the 3M engineers are very much aware of the issue.
It is hard on fingers though, in applications that require a lot of casting and stripping. We recommend finger protection…
The idea of wearing protection on my trigger finger defeats the purpose entirely. The line is draped on that finger so I feel the slightest tap and can react with a hook set. After 300 minutes fishing, I’m liable to yell when I set hook, but it won’t be “Fish On” - more like “F**k Me!”
Bad idea, but great for the makers of “Phone Fingers” - they should sell snot out of the product as a result.
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overmywaders | Nov 12, 2007 | Reply
I’d know that fingerprint anywhere… It was the second’s shooter’s print from the JFK assassination.
KBarton10 | Nov 13, 2007 | Reply
The shadowy figure on the grassy knoll, I was 5 at the time, likely I sprayed the entourage nicely with my cap pistol.
Wallace | Nov 13, 2007 | Reply
Yipes. Imagine how deep that groove would have be if you had been fishing the salt.
Heck I’ll tell ya, probly would have sawed the tip right off.
WT
KBarton10 | Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
No question gloves are needed - this was the result from a light 5 weight, mostly “fling it n’ swing it” style.
Marshall | Nov 19, 2007 | Reply
11/19
Thanks for the tip on the Sharkskin. Good idea - so far it appears a bad implementation. Maybe smaller bumps would be better.
At this time, I’ll save my money for a new RIO nymph line.
Marshall
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