5x On A Sunny Day?

[tippett7]

I got off work around 4:00 pm and was on the water around 4:30pm. I didn't have my day rod with me, so I just used my night rod. I've heard so many people say you can't catch fish on 5x during a sunny day. Well it was sunny yesterday and with little wind. I started out just below Outlet #1 stripping a olive wooly and on my 2nd cast caught a 22 inch rainbow. I said, man this is going to be great. Caught 6 fish after that by switching back and forth from wooly to leach. I'll admit you have to strip pretty fast, but I'm glad I proved the theory wrong!!. You can catch fish on 5x and by the way there were several people using 6x and 7x that caught zero fish.

[vanven]

Stripping streamers is the exception where i will go with a heavier than 6x tippett. Since the fish is striking a moving target and the line is typically pointed away from teh fish they dont get the opportunity to see the line. Now fishing a size 20 midge on 5x......you might as well be using twine.

-Jerod