Wes:
You can replace a hook if it becomes damaged (usually by hitting a rock on
the back cast) but the tube does not stay on if you snag and the line breaks
at the knot.
Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver,
B.C. Canada
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From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Wes,
I've never tied or fished tube flies, but I like to solve problems.
First of all, what are the advantages (assets) of tube flies,
so that the solution doesn't negate the advantages of the tube fly?
1. Fly moves up leader and doesn't get chewed on.
2. Hook styles and sizes, etc. can be
Wes:
I've been thinking about the same thing. It makes me hesitant to use them in
salt water or when chasing toothy critters like pike or muskie. One
possibility I'm considering are bobber stops. They are used when fishing
slip bobbers to adjust the depth that the bait sits at. There
What's the big idea? Are you afraid to lose any flies? If it's that big a
deal don't get your flies wet. In Michigan if your not fishing where there is
a strong possibility of losing your fly, your not catching fish. The flies are
expendable.
That being said here is a link that might
http://tubeflyjournal.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/save-your-tube-fly-system-the-beginning/person
or entity to which
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On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Wes Wada wada@gmail.com wrote:
Hi VFB,
I've never seriously fished with tube flies, though have tied a few. Lately I
have
Wow, John Ribberbos... good to see your name here, son of a gun.
Fooling big fish has never been a problem for me! My leading cause of
breakoffs is probably an over-enthusiastic hook set when a lunker blasts the
fly. In second place is putting a fly into a tree on my backcast *grin*.
Just
knot-sense would
do.
From: Neville Gosling nev.gosl...@shaw.ca
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 9:58:56 AM
Subject: RE: [VFB] Tube Fly Tying Question
Wes:
You can replace a hook if it becomes damaged (usually by
hitting a rock
Check out that link!!!
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On Feb 23, 2010, at 1:31 PM, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote:
Wow, John Ribberbos... good to see your name here, son of a gun.
Fooling big fish has never been a problem for me! My leading cause of
breakoffs is probably an over-enthusiastic hook
