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Fishing eating fish fly

Post by natetreat » Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:13 am

This is a great fly! I'm tempted to try it out on the river, although I'm certain it would work for bass or musky more.
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Re: Fishing eating fish fly

Post by Bodofish » Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:30 am

Pretty cool! No strike that really cool! Do you really think they look that close? We know the fisherman does....
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Re: Fishing eating fish fly

Post by Jigking Fishhead » Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:07 am

Not to burst your bubble, but that will spin while you are casting it and stripping it in .. Good looking fly, but sorry that is what we call a spin cycle fly in the industry.
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Re: Fishing eating fish fly

Post by natetreat » Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:51 am

I don't know about the spin factor, but I'm going to twist some up anyway. Seems to me that any extra action you can get on a fly will be better than none at all.

@Bodo I know fish don't really care, the majority of the flies I use in the rivers are just marabou with a bit of flash. Nothing special, I don't mess with spey flies or other stuff. For steelhead this summer I've simply been putting a tail on the hook, wrapping a feather around and using gold or red thread and nailing 'em. Simple, easy 30 second flies to get tons of fish. I have been tying legitimate smolt patterns though, they seem to work great for cutts in the rivers, although they're easy enough. I don't mess with epoxy I just use a glue gun to make the egg sac thingy and it's another quick twist for me.

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Re: Fishing eating fish fly

Post by Bodofish » Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:13 am

Yep!!! what's the rule? Fish lures are designed, not to catch fish but the fishermen.......
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