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Made a late afternoon trip and wound up with a pretty good fish after just a few casts. Found a group of playful “spawner” fish in the back of a shallow cove, but the bottom got really mushy and I was afraid to get stuck or worse. Couldn’t approach close enough to get their attention. 

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5 mins ago, Seadogg said:

Made a late afternoon trip and wound up with a pretty good fish after just a few casts. Found a group of playful “spawner” fish in the back of a shallow cove, but the bottom got really mushy and I was afraid to get stuck or worse. Couldn’t approach close enough to get their attention. 

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Good looking fish SD.

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Finished the fly.  8/0 articulted double rattle tail section behind the 40mm shank mesh head and foam slider assembly.  Used @HillTop stainless steel rattles in tail and man this thing makes noise.

 

most of the steps are shown making front shank and rear tail.  Its attached to the shank with a 150lb split ring for better motion.

 

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Tail construction

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assembled final product

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4 mins ago, Suave said:

Well, this one should certainly wake and (pardon the pun, I can't resist) wake up even the sleepers on the bottom. Fascinating what you come up with!. 2 questions if I may: what make of hook and what is the diameter of the foam cylinder used for the head?

Gamakatsu SL12 8/0

40mm Flymen Big Game Shank

1" Flexo PET tubing in black magic color

3/4" black foam cylinder from bears den

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