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Post by RileyVacinek on Feb 12, 2014 13:04:42 GMT -5
Like Bill said, theres no real need for a buck tail substitute but I may be able to suggest a few alternatives depending on the fly. SF Blend would work well for a substitute on those clousers. Rick K. has uses crinkle flash I think. On the big pike flies I love using buck tail and see no need to change. It loses almost all of its water after the first back cast
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Post by johnjarosz(jj) on Feb 12, 2014 14:44:32 GMT -5
RV..you do some good work. Aren't you supposed to be in class instead of drinking beer & tying flies?....oh, wait, that's what I did at ES&F & it turned out to be a contributor of my demise. I like the bucktail for clousers but, for the larger musky flies, I tie the bucktail "hollow style, mostly to keep any synthetics over it spread out for a larger profile. I was looking for a synthetic that has the stiffness of bucktail to hold the slightly flared shape.
Well anyway, good luck in school & good luck tying...jj
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Post by WylieSchroederHaggerty on Feb 12, 2014 16:19:41 GMT -5
JJ, A good synthetic to check out would be Jack Gartsides Secret Stuff or a similar material called ice wing fiber which I believe Nick is getting in or already has in. Here is an example of a fly I posted a while back with G.S.S
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Post by Justin Damude on Feb 12, 2014 18:28:40 GMT -5
Big fly fiber. Come Saturday and ill show you some I'll have my fly box with me
Sent from my SPH-L710 using proboards
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Post by johnjarosz(jj) on Feb 12, 2014 18:49:33 GMT -5
Will do & thanks. A friend of mine also recommended the Big Fly & this'll give me a chance to see it. Thanks again.
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Post by B.Ingersoll on Feb 13, 2014 13:25:57 GMT -5
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Post by B.Ingersoll on Feb 13, 2014 14:32:31 GMT -5
Said it before~ "I luv that fly Wylie" be very good, swung for big river trout to (de-barbed)
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Post by RileyVacinek on Feb 13, 2014 19:54:30 GMT -5
Very new to spey flies so please excuse all that is wrong. I should have done less turns of the rib and taken more time on the head.
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Post by RileyVacinek on Feb 14, 2014 14:25:02 GMT -5
Second Attempt.
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