What's in your vise?
- Thread starter Billy
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damn, I like that.
but, a couple of questions about it. Does that rabbit strip tend to get hung up on the hook with how it's tied in? Did you off-set the hook so that it has a better chance of finding some sort of flesh?
Good question, I don't know
I've not tried this arrangement much before, figured if it hung up on either side it'll still be OK.
Good question, I don't know
I'm sure you've checked out some of Gunnar Brammer's videos. He talks about tying on hooks similar to that (the PR378 I believe) and it's this weird mono tight loop with the hook bend/point within a loop of the mono. I can speak from personal experience, no fouling. That said, I don't like those types of hooks for my own use....but your experience may vary on that one...ot really depends on what you're trying to do with it. Bottom line though your fly is freakin' sweet!
I’d eat it.
FinLuver
Native Oregonian…1846
What if ya pierced the rabbit strip and thread the hook n barb thru it?
Would you still get some tail action and mitigate the fouling nature?
Good idea! I'm going to swim test it and might end up doing just that!
Personally, I have a love/hate relationship with rabbit. For "smaller" streamers, it generally works great, but yeah, that's a great idea as long as one keeps the total length to a minimum. I haven't played with the idea much, but sticking a little bit of glue where you want it to stay straight seems to work good for many. I'll be curious to hear from @Kfish once they play around with it more. The nice thing about rabbit is that it moves literally like nothing else....in such a good way.
I fished it for about 20 minutes at the local lake and it did not foul. Casts pretty well on my 7wt Centric and OBS Intermediate.
It was only about 20 minutes mind you but it swims awesome as is, no plans on changing anything.
Nice!
The Mauritian
Salmon/Trout etc.
Bill Foran Creator
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent, size 8 to 12
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Body - Green floss
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Wing - White polar bear hair under dyed red bucktail or substitute calf tail
Throat - Grizzly hen hackle fibers
Black Delta with Big Ass
Atlantic salmon, rainbow and brown trout, whitefish, bass and even pike
Pierre Tremblay Originator
Hook - Mustad 79580, 9672 or equivalent, size 10
Thread - Black
Body - Pre shaped black foam spider body
Wings - Gray squirrel tail hair
Head - Orange chenille
Pre shaped foam bodies
The Chu Difficile
Atlantic Salmon
Mario Dussault Originator
Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail – Gray hackle fibers ("gray" = "grizzly")
Body - Black and white wool with a small white section towards the back
Ribbing – Blue uni stretch
Wing - Dyed blue gray squirrel tail hairs
Collar - 2 turns of pheasant rump hackle and 2 turns of a blue-dyed hen hackle
La Moppe (The Mop)
René Parent Originator (2002)
Brook/Speckled Trout
Hook: Mustad 79580 or equivalent, size 8 or 10
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Rabbit fur dubbing of gray, beige, brown or black
Throat - Red hackle fibers
Collar - Guinea hen hackle
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La Saguay (The Saguay)
Philippe Desfossés Originator
Bass Fly
Hook - Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag – Oval silver tinsel
Tip – Fluorescent green and burnt orange floss or uni stretch
Tail – Red floss
Butt – Black ostrich herl
Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel
Body – Fluorescent burnt orange and green floss or uni stretch
Wing - A few chartreuse green bucktail hairs, under a few orange-dyed bucktail hairs, under a few chartreuse green deer tail hairs, under some chartreuse-green Krystal Flash fibers.
Collar - Chartreuse green hen hackle
Head - Black with red ring in its center
It was in 1990 that Desfossés invented the "Saguay", a streamer for fishing bass. "I wanted to create a fly using a lot of fluorescent materials: I believe that bass are attracted to what is very visible. I named this streamer "Saguay" in honor of Saguay Lafond, the son of a cousin living in Shawinigan." "Saguay" is an Indian word meaning: "the beginning of a river". This streamer, Philippe Desfossés usually throws it into the rapids and lets it drift, before bringing it back by jerks when it passes near the rocks, where the bass are on the lookout for prey.
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La Restaurée (The Restored)
Atlantic Salmon
Tony Couture Originator
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Black hen hackle fibers
Body - 1/3 yellow floss or uni stretch; 2/3 peacock herl
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Wing - Black bear hair
Cheeks - Jungle cock
Throat - Yellow hen hackle fibers
