im looking to buy some power gum for river fishing can any one tell me where i can get some thanks

Other than the obvious question why????????????? What could you possibly need power gum for?

It's designed to absorb the shock of a large weight on the end of the line during casting, not for absorbing the fight of a fish as it is not stretchy enough to do that with less than double figure fish.


You can get it at most fishing shops, especially if they have a sea fishing section, normally its 20lb but some places do have 10lb. Try ebay.

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My obvious question also, "What the Dickins has this to do with fly fishing?"

BK

Polyleader maybe?

Some people use it to prevent the shock snapoff's with fine leaders on striking into big fish - yes flyfishing! 6-8" is all that's needed. I don't myself, perhaps I need to find some bigger fish... but it's 'out there' and being put to use.

Rio Nymph Shock

It's quite common to build it into your leader as a shock absorber, as mentioned for big fish on fine tippets.

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The rod is meant to be the shock absorber, if your getting smashed the outfit isn't balanced as your rod is too powerful for the tippet. Either step up the tippet or go down to a lighter outfit.

Power gum can't do much as 6-8 inches has no time to react compared to your rod. Doesn't seem very sensible to to have two shock absorbers (rod and power gum) which have different reaction times and speeds within the same system as your rod will react faster and therefore power gum is superfluous.

In theory the power gum might have some impact at the margins, but at river trout weights (and considering it's simply slightly stretchy monofiliment rather than pre-stretched copolymer), unless a fish can instantaneous apply a shock load (such as a weight does when cast with a beach caster, it is not going to affect much.

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Back in the bad old days when i was in my early twentys to own several rods was being posh,my first proper fly rod threw an no9 shooting head,could fish an 8dt floater ,that was it for a year or two.
Any way wanting to fish tiny flys on the then standard monos a foot length of powergum at the but end of the leader made catching on tinys possible ,not elegant but it worked.
Can see the need for it with some of fast tapered rods I get to try from time to time .

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Thanks for that

I was dubious too.... until presented with one by our guide in Iceland, and advised to use it. Let's just say I have no doubt whatsoever that it helped me net many more of the 5 and 6lb fish on 2lb tippet and fine wire hooks than I would have otherwise done.

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