Jeff As a warmwater guy, you would be interested in this:
http://www.hmhvises.com/tubeflyguide.pdf - convertables tube flies can be tied large, without the large, long shank hook which the fish can use for leverage to throw the hook. When a fish swallows your hook (wake up, Jeff!), you just cut off the hook and get to keep the fly. Fish doesn't chew on your fly when it slides up the leader away from the hook. And best of all, you get to develop a new obsession, complete with having to accumulate a whole bunch of new stuff. Jack Austin Jeff Frye wrote: > I'm with Jimmy on this one. I need to get some value from that many > e-mails. Otherwise Facebook or an IM might be a better place for that > kind of stuff. There are folks that used to be regulars on here that > are gone form the list. I know that they are alive because I still get > private e-mail from them. > > That said, I know several years ago, we had a thread on tube flies > going. I am now actually interested tube flies and am wondering if > anybody can: > > 1. list me what they see to be the advantages/disadvantages of tube flies > 2. Best applications for tube flies such as patterns that this style > would work well on > 3. Any resources for info like web sites or books you might know of > 4. Anything else you might want to share with the group > > Thanks in advance for any help you might provide to the group > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ** > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
