
Beomurf
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I think the answer you need will come from answering this question? What are you tying the fly for... If its for something like I don't know fishing...then you only need to please yourself the effectiveness difference is marginal at best If its to display, present or to showoff in some way I think there is jungle cock and "not jungle cock" like many substitutes over time you'll appreciate it less and less
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No but I keep a big rectangle of bike inner-tube with me...great for stuck ferrules and for my Nautilus reels (though my biggest issue is lack of room for my knuckles)
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Crooked and deformed work best
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Beomurf gave thumbs up to a post in a topic: Kayak fly fishing
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theshadow gave thumbs up to a post in a topic: Fly Line Repair
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Braided mono and pilobond is an option too.
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First a popper....then a Black Snake fly
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My dear departed father used to say "If you want to know the easiest way to do anything ask the laziest guy you know..." I'm likely in the running. I have a several fly wallets that come with two sets of ziploc chambers inside a nylon semi-rigid shell. They have a loop perfect for a stripping basket strap and a pocket big enough for a thing of leader material...or better yet just use one of the ziploc things for leaders - I use one of the chambers for shooting heads so I can carry everything light an easy on my stripping basket which I was going to carry anyways.
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fishfinder401 gave thumbs up to a post in a topic: Shrimp suggestions
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I've done well using a smallish Rapala as the bubble - I swap the trebles for a single hook.
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Beomurf gave thumbs up to a post in a topic: Us made fly tying vise
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They work. Started using them a few years ago - figured it was an easy tie for my daughter and to keep her away from my good stuff. A pack of the material is basically a life-time supply. I like them best with a palmered hackle for the abdomen but I think thats just fly tyer hubris.
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theshadow gave thumbs up to a post in a topic: Squid flies
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If you are ever fishing a feel a slight something that might have been a hit but it wasn't, almost like a pocket of heavier water....use a squid fly. You will rarely see a squid - they are mostly invisible after all - but they are around more often than not
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Drew C. gave thumbs up to a post in a topic: Shrimp suggestions
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Hard to beat a slightly up-sized woolly bugger...tan for sand, olive in the marshes
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"recipe" might give better results
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Suave gave thumbs up to a post in a topic: Dubbing brush machine
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Oasis makes a very pretty and functional brush machine for around $140. Personally, I still don't understand the point of brushes aside from the speed of tying flies with them (and since I tye primarily to waste my limited time on Earth...)
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Sorry to hear that used to love tying there.
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AirBnB's - noise pollution most summer nights hard to get to sleep with the windows open
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HighCal gave thumbs up to a post in a topic: Tying scrap containment?
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That's pretty much what I use. I mount the foam on a tube fly and tie the dressing to a circle hook. Improves hook-ups and the foam lasts a lot longer since it slides out of the way afterwards - only a major issue during bluefish blitzes... I have found that Topwater is a situation where the circle hooks shine since the key is the fish has to take the fly and then turn away, which is a pretty much a given with topwater.