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Very Cool! thanks for sharing

I ty a hopper pattern for the White using this thick black foam I got from Micheals. I don't have to fold over I can use one strip. You can also double up thin foam, but for hoppers thicker the better, needs to be as buoyant as possible, and if you're targeting big browns off the bank, they have a little larger profile.

@Krazo I put RIO technical eruo nymph line on it and it is thinner with a mono core, however I did not spend much time with the technique/rig, majority of my time is fishing out of a boat. So, on the 4 weight 10'6 inch i "lined up" with floating 5 weight line and fish with an indicator, and depending upon generation will run leaders up to 18ft,

Just checked, the rod is only $300.00

I hear ya, "high sticking" get's my arm tired pretty quick, even with a 9'

I don't fish euro style much, but I have a cortland "Nymph" 10'6" weight euro nypmhing rod. It's in your price range $600.00. Like the rod, also use it for super long leader indicator fishing during high generation.

Trout mostly eat small aquatic insects and crustaceans (i.e scuds). I think they kinda have to be in a certain mood to eat other fish. They like to chill have food delivered to them.

Text "g table" without the quotes to this number 913.270.0360 will give you current generation its's currently working. More info and features at https://keyholesoftware.dev/convo/cfswater/

Had a trip Saturday caught some fish with full bellies and looked like hard objects in them. Then one of them barfed up a couple three of these....

Thanks! Love to take folks fishing, contact me if any one would like to go. https://kcflatsco.com David

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Just watched this and had to post about it. May 31 "One Cast" Video. It's packed with "on the fly" techniques for fishing with little to no generation. Thanks @Phil Lilley

Sorry to hear this, hoping he has a quick recovery

When you start wrapping the chenille forward towards the hook eye, take one wrap behind the tied in hackle, then wrap in front and forward, it pinched the hackle stem and makes a nice rear end transition, keeps it from getting mashed down.

Congrats on landing a carp "on the fly", especially with a 5 weight! I usually hunt carp with an 8 weight, they can tug and don't give up easy!

Just got my Captains License and going to start a part time side hustle taking folks fly fishing on Taneycomo. Like to offer OA members a discount. 40% off trip rates for a limited time and number of folks. If interested you can find info at https://kcflatsco.com Offer only applies to Taneycomo trips. Private message me via this forum if interested. I won't limit how far out you want to book a trip, but demand will dictate how long and how many discounted trips i can offer. Thanks, David

I believe the Hawaii is a stop on the way to Christmas Island where you can catch Giant Trevally (GT'S), they can eat low flying sea birds On my list, but probably won't get there. Anyone ever catch a GT?

I went to captains school with the tiki hut captain. His day job is building high end tree houses. He also build the tiki hut, he used a bunch a barrels, basically unsinkable, but indicated kind of hard to steer. He's a nice guy.

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Yes, good idea thanks would allow to play around with different trailers, thanks!

@BilletHead Interesting you ask, I was worried about that, but when stripped they collapse very little it looks good while swimming. Beadalon pic is shown below. Also, I have two models, one with Beadalon, the other completely rigid using bead wire, pic also below. It's heavier, but will not foul up. The beadalon did not foul much if i casted with sinking line, and applied good casting form. i.e. wait for back cast to straighten. Need to test it's durability, I'm woried about kinking. Here as some more detailed pics for the beadalon version first, following that I'll have pics for the rigid wire version. Would love to hear about enhancement modifications. Here's the Beadalone, Beadlone spool I used size 12 down eye streamer hooks and clipped them. Tied in with the down eye out and wrapped and glued the beadalone. I think this down eye approach helps to keep it flared out when swimming. Also, ty in at the front clouser so that the dumbell eyes fulcrum out the bead alone, again helps keep it flared out. The trailer is tied in like an articulated streamer with a long beadalon strand, It's kind of thick, i used some wraps and Glue to keep it together, defiantly can be improved. Now for the rigid version... Here's the bead wire version, bought at Michael's same section as beadalon. one side has a nail head, with allows it to be tyed in nicely at the dumbell eyes. the trick is to wrap and glue one top, one bottom, each side. Layering the thread wraps and glue makes it sturdy. the trailer is glued and wrapped and glued onto the dead wire. I have a version the uses beadalone for the trailer, but it kept wrapping around the wire satellite bucktail when casting. It caught fish, but had to keep unfouling. so I changed to rigid wire. DISCLAIMER: don't have a lot of sea time with these, hit a couple ponds to see them swim, cast, caught fish, but still need to test more, which I plan on doing, Hoping others can help adapt and test. Need to get some big fish hooked up. You can also put nice bends in it to shape as desired. Also, it kind of gives makes it a little snag free, I casted it an under water brush pile and could feel it bounce off

@tjmGood idea using shanks, I'll try tying the trailing clouser weightless and see how is swims, it might make it swim more. The front dumbell eyes provides a bulkhead where I can anchor and flare the wires or beadalone. You can "send it" casting a 7 or 8 weight with sink tip line. Thanks for the input

There's only one hook, I agree when they are on, they are on, but possibly this could get their attention at least more so than a single fly when visibility is limited, it might attract them from farther away, who knows what fish think. I'm going to do some experimenting comparing throwing a single clouser against this rig to see if it's worth the effort. will report.

It only has one hook, other hooks are clipped.

Thanks, not sure yet, going to take it through a few more sea trials before naming. Will also post a more detailed recipe.