dmm26
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Did these today.
Hopefully they hammer some rock bass in another month or so.
Wool, rabbit, and satin
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Did these today.
Hopefully they hammer some rock bass in another month or so.
Bucko
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Very nice. Bet you catch all sorts of fish on those.
Pup
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The rock bass in my local river would be all over those. Good work. 
dmm26
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Thanks guys!
In tying these, I've found I much prefer 8/0 thread to 3/0.
It breaks more often when you're not careful, but makes for a much nicer tye.
Also found that I think I'd rather use rabbit for the body than wool.
In tying these, I've found I much prefer 8/0 thread to 3/0.
It breaks more often when you're not careful, but makes for a much nicer tye.
Also found that I think I'd rather use rabbit for the body than wool.
plateboater
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You are getting there now!!
HairyMooseKnuckles
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those are super nice! I need to get wool and rabbit.
Fatman
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As built up as the rabbit gets you might want to thin back on the wool a bit. I use 6/0 Uni as well as the 210 flat waxed nylon thread. Have Kevlar but don't use it a lot.
StumpHunter
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All of those will look great in the water, nice tying work.
dmm26
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Thanks everyone!
We don't have rock bass here, but I bet they would fool the crappies nicely.
If you don't like breaking thread, GSP comes in very thin diameters and is much stronger than normal thread. Unfortunately, it's also much more expensive. Kevlar and GSP are great for toothy critters where the teeth can cut thread, so I only use them on salmon/steelhead jigs. Hear they're good for pike, musky and walleye jigs too.
I lucked out at a fly tying show a few years back and found a guy selling spools of 80 and 210 denier for $0.99 each. I bought all he had left, which was about six spools in three different colors. Still have a bunch since I use 210 flat waxed or monofilament thread 99% of the time.
If you don't like breaking thread, GSP comes in very thin diameters and is much stronger than normal thread. Unfortunately, it's also much more expensive. Kevlar and GSP are great for toothy critters where the teeth can cut thread, so I only use them on salmon/steelhead jigs. Hear they're good for pike, musky and walleye jigs too.
I lucked out at a fly tying show a few years back and found a guy selling spools of 80 and 210 denier for $0.99 each. I bought all he had left, which was about six spools in three different colors. Still have a bunch since I use 210 flat waxed or monofilament thread 99% of the time.
LedHed
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Great lookin tyes - excellent work