Tom L
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Came across this old classic film of Lee Wulff. It is very entertaining and beautiful to watch. Thought some of you might like it.
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Another good one, Ryan.
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Dahlberg #2- Little synthetic added
Tom L replied to Ryan Kral's topic in BassBugger Member Submissions
Very nice fly, Ryan. One trick that I use to make the deer hair head less buoyant and sinks easier is to trim the head flat vertical. Another trick is to add eyes on the head and coat the eyes and a portion of the head with CCG or Loon's Clear Head Cement. -
Sorry Ron. I've never been to Hawaii yet, but it is on the bucket list.
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Ryan, your deer hair spinning skill is getting way up there. Nice work. Just a suggestion: try substituting Marabous and Zonker strips with synthetic materials like craft furs, sf flash blends, or ep fibers. I think you will find them as effective and much more enjoyable to cast, especially a big fly like that.
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Ron - Good luck and have fun in Hawaii. If you can, bring along a type V sink tip line and a full sinking line in case you need to go deeper. The add-on versi tips would not effectively fish below 10-12 feet.
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I don't like to wet wade for the same reasons that Jim and Scott mentioned. I also had a poison sumac once while wet wading; and I don't want it to happen again. Some of the spots that I fish, I have to bushwack to get to them or to get out.
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An aerial mend cast is one of the most difficult cast there is, but it has its place and time. I most often opt for a curve cast, reach cast, or S cast instead. Thanks for sharing.
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Welcome Joe. Hope you will be able to make it to the cast & compare this Sat and take the opportunity to explore the Fox.
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Cast & Compare 9/14/13 8:30 - 12 noon
Tom L replied to John Loebach's topic in Event Announcements & Follow-up
Wow! Those are nice line up John. Want to try Mike's new Mangrove too. I'll be there. -
Good looking fly Jonn. How long are the flies? My CF Muddlers are about 2.5"-3.5" long for smallmouth. I also use some Baitfish Emulators on some of the flies, but only the tail portions. I like the way it simmers in the water.
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2 thumbs up. I vote for the first seal.
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Neat fly, especially when it works. I don't think I'll ever top that.
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Nice article. Thanks for sharing. I've been using UV enhanced materials for steelhead flies for many years now. They do work better than non UV materials on steelhead, but have not tried on SMB yet. However, white, chart, and fl yellow craft furs and marabous which are naturally UV have been working well on SMB for me.
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The whole idea of having a 7'-11" Bass rod was tournament legal.
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I've been toying with rattles on my new fly, iBait. http://illinoissmallmouthalliance.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=10914 But haven't fished it much yet. I'll report how it works out.
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The Banjo Minnows and the Flying Lures were my dream lures back then, but couldn't afford them and still has not owned them. Those infomercials sure got in your head.
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I had about 20 outing w/ my Sonic now. As Ryan'd stated, very comfortable and well fit. Although, I wear a medium size, but I opted for a large. Needed xtra room for layering for winter steelheading.
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In clearer water, I found color(s) of the fly/lure becomes more relevant. Certain colors works better in certain time/day. White, chart, yellow, red, brown, oliver, orange all have permanent place in my flybox.
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Just added the iBait Rattle and iBait Depth Charger in the original post.
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The fly is very slow sinking, almost like a suspending senko worm. You can wrap leadwire around the hook shank to make them sink faster. I also have a version for floating and a version for deep sinking. The deep sinking version use a 60 degree jig hook. I'll post them later. Yes, some of the flies are made of Distinctive Sparkle fur. Not sure you're aware that the Distinctive fur is slightly shorter (about 1" shorter) and slippier than the Hareline or Rainy's Craft fur.
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Just added the recipe and SBS in the original post above for those interested in how the iBait was done.
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http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/man-sues-fishing-group-over-1m-prize-100021569.html
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Ed, just cleared out my PM box.
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This report is missleading the public. We don't have Mayflies hatches thick enough to show up on the radar, especially along the northern Fox River which the report was referring to. Yes, we may have some Hex and Marchbrown hatches, but very sporadically. I think these reporters couldn't distinct betw Mayflies/Caddis flies and didn't get out to the field to verify the story. Don't be missedlead by the stock photos shown in the report. I'm pretty sure it was Caddis flies that showed up on their radar screens.
