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lavo85 replied to the thread New Hardy Ultraclick..Sorting my gear for the season opening, main rod ill be using is a hanak superb 10ft6 #3, reel is a danielsson nymph, but im unsure... -
Here's another version, this time with Krystal Hackle legs and the organza back shaded before resin coating.
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Looks complicated, but it's not. Simply 30lb hollow braided mono fly line backing with black copper wire inside wound up the hook in an...
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Sometimes the foam holds water like a sponge and sinks slowly (not a bad thing) but if you give them a squirt with food safe silicon...
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A huge amount depends on how much foam you use as to how buoyant the fly is and what it can support. Think in terms of floats... a 4 BB...
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lavo85 replied to the thread Fab and the fishing line method..they were sinking static, might treat the foam in watershed.
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lavo85 replied to the thread Fab and the fishing line method..Sorry lads yes i meant washing line, and yes i was using 6lb fluoro. The flies were fulling mill fab’s.
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You might be using a dense foam. Those 2mm flat foam sheets can be a bit dense and not the best for floatation if only using a small...
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If your using fluorocarbon it can make the difference between floating and slowly sinking the buoyant fly, not necessarily a bad thing...
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You mean washing line? S.
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Ive never actually tried this method much, but last day out tried it out, only thing was my foam flies were sinking! i thought the...
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lavo85 replied to the thread Top 5 "Must Have" types of Stillwater lines for boat fishing?.Floater Slow inter Fast inter Di3 Di7
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Isn't that a bit of pot calling kettle black? How many hours have you spent fishing maxcatch lines before labelling them maxcrap?
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I have a #4 on mine, perfect. S.
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lavo85 replied to the thread Hardy fwdd 2000.Just put a #5 on it and got a surprising amount of gelspun backing on it, jobs a goodun!
