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There's a lot of negative Nellie going on here, at the very least some overly pragmatic ophelias!! Like MOST specialty at home food making, it's not gonna be cheaper than store bought when you account for the tools, ingredient cost and god forbid valuing your time. However, if people are...

I think the "helicopter wrap (under the eyes, above the shank, encircling the figure 8 wraps) been the key for me. I do them very tight and with an upward tilt to the bobbin. I like to imagine my wraps squeezing the figure 8 wraps together and lifting the eyes upward. I usually go 5-6 wraps...

Most of my flies are attempts to make large wiggly shit to swing aimlessly. Therefore: Rabbit strips, especially multicolored micro strips. Ostrich. All of it. Predator wrap (RIP) Marabou Dubbing

I heard they don't even tie their own knots!

Not the casts i make everyday. The casts i bleed for....

Do not, under any circumstances, pluck a ziploc full of feathers and hope to use them later. Removing one feather from the top removes at least 10 from the bag, and selecting the pretty one you see from the side? Essentially impossible. Most of that grouse will come up with your hands, just...

Also, sweet fish man! I reread my post and don't want to detract from a dope fish, just commiserate about the suck factor of giants.

I think the 100lb mark is a roughly the limit on what I could consider "fun," on any species. Huge fish and hour+ long fights are a slog for angler and fish. My immediate impression at 19 after landing a marlin more than twice my substantial body weight? "Trout on a fly are just as fun and you...

If you can't tie a knot, tie a lot!

Arbor knot Nail knot Blood knot Double/triple surgeons loops and knots, with or without extended tags Improved clinch Nonslip loop Turtle knot Drop shot knot (might have a real name, but the knot that makes your drop shot hook sit at 90°) Handshake knot (cuz it's classier than loop to loop) I...

I tell a lot of jolks

I appreciate you taking it as intended my guy!

I think you meant "homey' lol

That sounds like a drag issue as much as a hook issue potentially? They gotta have decent resistance to bend that.

Floated Howard Miller to baker yesterday in 96° heat. Fucking PFD on the whole time! It's not about your swimming ability, it's about your ability to handle going from 90 and dry to 50 and wet. The shock will override your ability to swim

Yesterday I ran out of tag end and couldn't change my point fly. I cut off the point fly and cut the dropper line at the knot. I then took the dropper line with the fly still attached and tied a new double surgeons with it. New point fly was on and fishing in about 3 minutes.

Nope! But i also dont catch enough fish on em to be a good sample size. I do snag a lot though, and my break off rate on that isn't different than a single fly! I tie my "yoke" off a double/triple surgeons knot, from 12lb mono to 8lb floro (usually.) I leave 6-8"of the mono tag as my yoke, and...

.... I didn't even know they were spelled differently, and wouldn't have known what a "yoke" meant here anyhow! However now that I do, I use a yoke system!

Try going to non slip loop knots so the knots don't rub?

Looking to overnight at Howard Miller this week, can anyone tell me how long of a float it is from the marblemount launch down to Howard Miller? Anything terribly sketchy about it? Thanks much!