Hi Raiders,
Iv recently delved into the world of saltwater fly fishing as a new challenge in my fishing exploits. Picked up a wildfish combo which consists of 8wt rod, large arbor reel and 8wt floating line. While the line is not ideal for what i want to do, which is fish off the rocks for mack tuna, bonnies etc its good enough for now to allow me to learn how to cast.
Im getting to hang of it pretty well but I am having one issue. After practising my casting for 30min or so, my tippet will break at the fly and i lose the fly. Im using a 15lb tapered leader with a 20lb shock tippet. Iv been connecting the fly with a lefty loop knot however it seems however i vary the knot it will keep breaking (just to note it is not the knot that breaks but the loop which will actually break in two). I think it possibly could be due to my casting technique and beginning my forward cast too early, creating a whipping effect at the tippet. However i would really appreciate if anyone had some ideas as to why this could be happened as i'd prefer not to lose flies every fishing trip
Cheers James