Fishnmack wrote:
Tried this morning to create a down sized version of the redfish rattle fly per Chris of Louisiana's Fat Fingered website instructions. He has done a wonderful job of explaining "how to do" in his site. One small deviation from the rattle fly instructions I picked up from an Orvis YouTube video on creating weedless hooks. They suggested to melt the ends of the monofilament line so that the small "blob" resists the line from pulling free from the thread wrapping.
Good tip, mack. I tend to use a bit of superglue to prevent the mono from pulling, but like the "blob" idea. Although, the larger issue with these pickerel has been their teeth slicing the mono.
Chris