What's in your vise?

Tallguy said:
Burning an expensive articulated shank on a rotator? Crazy! Why not just wrap the hook?

(FYI, I run a similar look for the pink buzz bombs my son, and sometimes I "to show him how to fish it" toss for pinks.)
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You don’t get it, the extra movement is essential for getting those notoriously tricky pinks to bite.

Really though, I just have a ton of shanks laying around, and with 3 and 1.5 year old kiddos I barely fish anyway, so why not gold plate it!
 
A couple of bull trout sized musky style flies....clarkman style.

The top is more jerk, the bottom is more glide (not that you would be able to tell without fishing them).

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Lady Gray
 
McPhail’s Floating Caddis (mono core variation)

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Saw his video and decided to play around with it. Tied enough Rogue-style extended bodies on the needle over the years; using the mono core from the variations on the Carnage bodies I worked up allows me to build the body on the hook and skip the transfer stage.

hook - WFC Model 28 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 brown
core - 9lb mono
rib - tying thread
abdomen - 2mm foam tan/cream
wing - Congo Hair shiner tan
thorax - deer hair (loop dubbed)
shellback/head - 2mm foam tan
indicator - 1mm foam orange

Regards,
Scott
 
Anything Pink will work. If there’s a school of fish underneath, they’ll usually take it on the drop or between strips. I like the way the little rubber legs pulse on the hoochie when stripped. I was using an intermediate line and the fly was coming back 5-6 feet down, which was a bit lower than I liked, but they were eating it.IMG_6644.jpegIMG_6638.jpegIMG_6624.jpeg
 
Muddler (variation)

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Backend is the same as the Stimulator; subbeed a shoulder and collar/head

hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread - SemperFli 8/0 tan
tag/rib - H2O Twist tan
tail - deer hair
abdomen - Ice Dub tan
body hackle - light ginger (undersized by 2)
wing - Congo Hair shiner tan
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott
 
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