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Tailingloop
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:32 pm • # 1 |
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jkurtz7
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:42 pm • # 2 |
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That one has to be pretty productive. Have you considered using rabbit fur cut from a skin or zonker strip for the tail instead of marabou? I've stopped using marabou, and use rabbit fur for tails these days, it offers better movement, and is way more durable.
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Tailingloop
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:14 pm • # 3 |
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Thanks J, I will give that a try. I use marabou in a lot of my flies and it seems to be getting more expensive and the quality isn't what it used to be either...............Don in SC
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pearow
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:24 pm • # 4 |
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nice tie! good suggestion Jeremy; will try that-p-
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dayhut
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:21 am • # 5 |
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Nice. Now I have to toss all my marabou in the trash! ****!
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Joe C
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:31 am • # 6 |
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dayhut wrote: Nice. Now I have to toss all my marabou in the trash! ****! Send it all to me. I'll see that it is disposed of properly.
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abramh
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:12 pm • # 7 |
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Just got back from a good evening using this fly to catch a nice LMB, some big rock bass and a whole pile of pumpkinseeds from a no-name overfished lake near my place. Some big p-seeds for my area as well (Eastern Ontario), a few pushing 8". Put up a good fight on my 5wt, would have been a blast with a UL rod. Thanks for another great pattern Don!
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pearow
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:42 pm • # 8 |
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I've started tying this fly on jighooks(1/80 oz(which I know causes it to become a "non-fly" for record fish.) But, its a killer using either rabbit, squirrel, and marabou. -p-
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mikee
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 10:26 pm • # 9 |
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Nice sinking spider, Don! I am going to tie a few of them now to catch me some gills tomorrow
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dayhut
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:09 am • # 10 |
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Hey, Don, could one wrap with lead wire as an alternative to the bead head?
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Tailingloop
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:37 pm • # 11 |
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Hey Dayhut...........glad to see you posting again, I see no reason why you couldn't sub some lead wire for the bead. I think I would tie a "fuzzy" head of some kind if I didn't use a bead......but it should work just fine....(we have got to get up to the lake soon) A good friend of mine has been catching some REALLY NICE Gills around the rocks in 10 feet of water, I know just the place he is talking about. We need to tie a few MM minnows with dumbbell eyes so we can get them down deeper...( I went to one of his fish fries, he cut some nice filets from those gills ) I was impressed coming from Lake Murray.................Don
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jimbo1
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 7:12 pm • # 12 |
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Tailingloop wrote: Thanks J, I will give that a try. I use marabou in a lot of my flies and it seems to be getting more expensive and the quality isn't what it used to be either...............Don in SC I been using the marabou from cat toys.Its crappy quality but the gills are liking it. I always get the rabbit fur and some strung marabou from the craft store too.
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