What's in your vise?

mcswny said:
Not like you would have used them ;)
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good point...

had a little bit of fun with proper streamers.

did see a decent number of MBs popping off though with very little interest on top.
 
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10" glider. innards are completely different than most of my standard tiger musky flies. Guess you'll just have to trust me. This fishery is coming up quick, so if you're one who likes to destroy your own self-confidence in the meaning of life, get out there and fish for muskies!

65mm shank up front with what I think (no label) is a 4/0 Ahrex Trout Predator Short out the back
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Mike Cline said:
A month or so ago I stumbled on a flash material marketed as "Crystal Hair". It was unbranded and looked like it was suitable for some saltwater flats flies I was working on. It is super translucent, compresses nicely, takes markers and UV resin very well. Comes in a nice variety of colors. I started messing around with it and figured out it was pretty useful for the Thunder Creek Minnow style. These will tested out this Spring as the fry start showing up in our rivers. The one attribute I find very appealing is the translucence that will reveal the thread color underneath while maintaining some of the material color. Using red thread on the Thunder Creek style makes for some interesting heads.View attachment 146806
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Weird question, do these mostly track straight? or do they kick easily on the pause (or more jiggy)?
 
clarkman said:
10" glider. innards are completely different than most of my standard tiger musky flies. Guess you'll just have to trust me. This fishery is coming up quick, so if you're one who likes to destroy your own self-confidence in the meaning of life, get out there and fish for muskies!

65mm shank up front with what I think (no label) is a 4/0 Ahrex Trout Predator Short out the back
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Dang dude! That would look pretty sweet with a roach clip attached, hanging from Tammy's hair, at the county fair!......also look pretty sweet in the corner of a muskies mouth I guess.
 
It is Fulling Mill superdry.

I took green dubbing out of Royal Sissi Ali Express bag to make picture of the fly on it. That is very cheap dubbing and I use it for macro photography.
 
Pigs said:
Dang dude! That would look pretty sweet with a roach clip attached, hanging from Tammy's hair, at the county fair!....
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naw, not enough saddle hackle....
 
Pigs said:
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My version of a tung, jigged 20 incher stone.
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clarkman said:
Weird question, do these mostly track straight? or do they kick easily on the pause (or more jiggy)?
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It is a “it depends” answer. I fish almost exclusively with unweighted flies (as these are) on long sink tips and short (3’-4’) OX tippet in moving water. With a slow retrieve or steady swing in current, these flies generally track straight, albeit deep on the stout tippet. However, the heads are dense and when tension is released they will tend to dive head first. However, if you are fishing these with a floating line and longer tapered leader any variation in retrieve speed will mostly cause the fly to dive a bit by the head, especially on a thin flexible tippet. There’s nothing inherently in the Thunder Creek Minnow design that going to make them react erratically.
 
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