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Prof. Salt
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 23 Aug 2011
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Location: Offshore on a kayak
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| Thanks, that was the idea. I can't wait to be released so I can put it in front of some fish! |
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Prof. Salt
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 23 Aug 2011
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Location: Offshore on a kayak
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| BayFly wrote: | | I like this shrimp imitation! It looks bullet proof from here. |
Thanks! A few guys have noted that if the bendback is bent too much it will really limit the hooking ability of the fly, so as a safety I tied the same pattern on the VMC 6319 hook. The hook forms its own keel and weighs enough to keep the fly sub-surface. Either way I think this will work, and I have been released to paddle and fish next week (Spring break). As a college employee I happen to have next week off, so if the wind will just lay a bit I'll perform some field testing.
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BayFly
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Joined: 02 Sep 2014
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Location: Austin/Flour Bluff
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm looking forward to your report on which of the two flies you experience the better hookup with, I'm guessing the first one. Each one should preform a little differently? |
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bulldog1935
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 07 Feb 2017
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Location: downtown Bulverde, Texas
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| Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| I like this fly for looking and acting shrimpy |
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Prof. Salt
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
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I've been working on a quiet shrimp pattern for when the fish are spooky and larger flies tend to scare the fish. Size 6 hook and the shrimp is only about an inch long. It lands softly, swims well and even the spooky fish seem to like it.
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Prof. Salt
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| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| bulldog1935 wrote: | | I like this fly for looking and acting shrimpy |
I have mostly left both of those in favor of the Umpqua bendback. I tie EP fiber and no weight, and in the shallows it swims nicely and remains weedless while still hooking fish well.
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AZ_squid
Horse Mullet
Joined: 13 Aug 2013
Posts: 205
Location: Corpus
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| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Bendbacks and shrimp look great man! I've been using crab patterns when they are spooky with good success.
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EvieMillar
Joined: 13 Jan 2023
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Location: San Francisco
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:24 am Post subject: |
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| bulldog1935 wrote: | Those look great, and the action duplicates a swimming crab (which is why I wouldn't use the lead, but I don't like lead - can see that small lead giving the fly the correct motion for a kicking crab)
pretty much all fly art is more for the fly tier than for the fish.
What attracts fish to food is different than what we see - usually motion-mode or in the case of surface flies, the footprint it makes in the surface tension.
The biggest black drum I ever caught - sight fished on about the 6th cast with the drum looking right at me (they don't know you from a bird if you act like a bird) -
was on a stupid-looking epoxy crab.
It was loosely spun and trimmed bucktail, one small hen saddle pointing up, with epoxy globbed on,
and what made it work was it acted like a crab walking sideways on the sand, holding up his big claw in threat.
I refined the crab the next time to end up with this, and it still works (and so does the mylar spoon)
but I prefer casting this, a kicking shrimp and works just fine for any crustacean-food-thingy.
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Wow, these are very nice. Shiny hairs are very attractive. The shape is also very nice and beautiful. |
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EvieMillar
Joined: 13 Jan 2023
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Location: San Francisco
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:26 am Post subject: Preety |
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| bulldog1935 wrote: | Those look great, and the action duplicates a swimming crab (which is why I wouldn't use the lead, but I don't like lead - can see that small lead giving and how to get rid of moobs the fly the correct motion for a kicking crab)
pretty much all fly art is more for the fly tier than for the fish.
What attracts fish to food is different than what we see - usually motion-mode or in the case of surface flies, the footprint it makes in the surface tension.
The biggest black drum I ever caught - sight fished on about the 6th cast with the drum looking right at me (they don't know you from a bird if you act like a bird) -
was on a stupid-looking epoxy crab.
It was loosely spun and trimmed bucktail, one small hen saddle pointing up, with epoxy globbed on,
and what made it work was it acted like a crab walking sideways on the sand, holding up his big claw in threat.
I refined the crab the next time to end up with this, and it still works (and so does the mylar spoon)
but I prefer casting this, a kicking shrimp and works just fine for any crustacean-food-thingy.
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Wow, they looks so nice. Shiny hairs are attractive and the shape is very nice and beautiful. |
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White_libra
Joined: 26 Oct 2023
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| Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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| BayFly wrote: | | I like this shrimp imitation! Phenq at amazon It looks bullet proof from here. |
Yes you are right. It looks like bullet proof! |
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