Walking thru bushed up sections When walking thru bushed up areas your leader/tippet and sometimes your fly fline section will get hooked up on a lot of branches etc. If your fly is hooked in the hook keeper or one of your guides, take the leader/tippet section, wrap a couple of times around your rod and hook behind one of your guides. Your leader/tippet have wrapped the fly line thight agains the rod and in doing so, have eliminated the loose piece of leader/tippet from the tip top eye to the hook keeper. Now it will be much easier to walk crawl thru bushed up sections. Korrie Broos

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