When fishing flies make sure they have hooks on them.
You don't have to thank me I feel its my obligation to this very kind fly fishing community.
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Tip Of The Day
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Tip Of The Day
by clee » March 24th, 2013, 6:40 pm
Ok folks, I'll let you in on a little secret as long as you keep it on the DL.
When fishing flies make sure they have hooks on them.
You don't have to thank me I feel its my obligation to this very kind fly fishing community.
When fishing flies make sure they have hooks on them.
You don't have to thank me I feel its my obligation to this very kind fly fishing community.
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Re: Tip Of The Day
by Wildman » March 24th, 2013, 8:06 pm
Good tip! Did that last week. Went from catching fish to feeling tugs but never a fish. Only took me 20 casts to check it and see I had broken off the tip completely on the last tree snag.
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Re: Tip Of The Day
by darrin terry » March 24th, 2013, 11:07 pm
Yeah, good tip. Been there. Done that. I do tend to check my flies more often since.
How do you tie the fly to your hooks without killing them with the thread? I keep cutting them in half.
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Re: Tip Of The Day
by WanderingBlues » March 25th, 2013, 6:59 am
I know of a secret place in Bishop that the proprietor will occasionally allow his grand kids to toss hookless flies at his 28" pets....
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Re: Tip Of The Day
by teejay » March 25th, 2013, 11:52 am
The way things are evolving, we may all be required to use hookless flies.
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Re: Tip Of The Day
by tree catcher » March 25th, 2013, 4:54 pm
Teejay...SHHHHSSS keep it quiet!! LOL otherwise PETA will require this and not only that, but the darn hooks will be more expensive for those of us that tie our own flies!!!
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Re: Tip Of The Day
by Jimbo Roberts » March 25th, 2013, 8:33 pm
I think we are all guilty of this at some time or another.
It happened to me last week. I was catching them pretty good and then I lost 2 fish in a row.
It finally occured to me to check the hook and sure enough mine was snapped off at the upper portion of the bend much like yours, but the rest of the fly was still perfect.
Jimbo
It happened to me last week. I was catching them pretty good and then I lost 2 fish in a row.
It finally occured to me to check the hook and sure enough mine was snapped off at the upper portion of the bend much like yours, but the rest of the fly was still perfect.
Jimbo
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Tip Of The Day
by Rasputinj » March 25th, 2013, 9:03 pm
I had the same thing 2 weeks ago on Kern. I was trying to figure out why I was missing strikes. I try to check my fly more often now.
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Re: Tip Of The Day
by mike.s » March 27th, 2013, 5:28 pm
Your taking Barbless to whole new level...Bendless. 
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