Thanks for the heads-up on this. Been meaning to get some for tuna especially this year. I recently ordered some, and while I was there I found fifty bucks worth of other stuff I didn't even know I needed.
What's in your vise?
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Yes!
Loving the colors in the back end
Stole this from a picture on a pike site:
Big ugly bass fly. Chassis like a yuk bug then a rabbit strip tied in at the rear and wound forward. There's a size 6 hook in there.
Question for people who use rabbit strips: when the rabbit strip gets soaking wet, will it loosen up and slide around? Should I have soaked it first, or used super glue on the shank before winding it? The last time I tried using super glue like that, it got all over the rabbit fur.
Question for people who use rabbit strips: when the rabbit strip gets soaking wet, will it loosen up and slide around? Should I have soaked it first, or used super glue on the shank before winding it? The last time I tried using super glue like that, it got all over the rabbit fur.
singlehandjay
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Man I've been chomping at the bit. The stoke is extremely high. I can't wait!
A total play off my previous tiger fly tied on a shank with a free flowing hook (which I'm considering swapping out for a treble ala Joe Goodspeed or perhaps a double Gami frog hook). I can't really get the free flowing single to ride appropriately all the time. At any rate, this should solve that problem, but no interchangeable hook.
still in the same ~8" range, but with less weight, should also be easier to cast. Tied up on a 4/0 Ahrex Aberdeen Predator with a touch of foam off the back (top) plus small dumbbell eyes underneath about 1/3 of the way down to create some serious instability yet will also still self correct on the pause. Kinda like a naturally sick/injured baitfish.
still in the same ~8" range, but with less weight, should also be easier to cast. Tied up on a 4/0 Ahrex Aberdeen Predator with a touch of foam off the back (top) plus small dumbbell eyes underneath about 1/3 of the way down to create some serious instability yet will also still self correct on the pause. Kinda like a naturally sick/injured baitfish.
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A total play off my previous tiger fly tied on a shank with a free flowing hook (which I'm considering swapping out for a treble ala Joe Goodspeed or perhaps a double Gami frog hook). I can't really get the free flowing single to ride appropriately all the time. At any rate, this should solve that problem, but no interchangeable hook.
still in the same ~8" range, but with less weight, should also be easier to cast. Tied up on a 4/0 Ahrex Aberdeen Predator with a touch of foam off the back (top) plus small dumbbell eyes underneath about 1/3 of the way down to create some serious instability yet will also still self correct on the pause. Kinda like a naturally sick/injured baitfish.
So cool.
Jesus. My bulkheads NEVER look like this
FinLuver
Native Oregonian…1846
Looks like a Gremlin…
Well dang, cause it's definitely gonna get wet!Looks like a Gremlin…
Witherwox Special
Steelhead
Hook - Standard wet fly style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat sliver tinsel
Tail - Mallard flank
Butt - Green chenille
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Red floss or yarn
Hackle - Brown
Wing - White bucktail
Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
Jack Devlin
Life of the Party
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FinLuver
Native Oregonian…1846
What’s the hook brand/number/size?
Those are tight!!
Jack Devlin
Life of the Party
TMC 3761 Size #12. That hook also comes in a barbless version - TMC 3761 SP-BL.
