A wet fly bound to raise some hackles ;)

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Re: A wet fly bound to raise some hackles ;)

Post by Roadkill » Fri Aug 02, 2019 11:53 am

8-) Beautiful flies!!
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Re: A wet fly bound to raise some hackles ;)

Post by Trevis » Fri Aug 02, 2019 1:47 pm

I like the look, but every time I tie one that looks like the first one, it wants to be a dry, even with hen.
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Re: A wet fly bound to raise some hackles ;)

Post by Bazzer69 » Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:11 pm

Great looking flies. Do you fish them with a Tenkara outfit?
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Re: A wet fly bound to raise some hackles ;)

Post by ronr » Fri Sep 27, 2019 3:06 pm

Carl.. thanks for the chart... I managed to find a post on tenkara USA that has a more legible version of the this chart..Here's the link

http://www.tenkaratimes.com/tenkara-tut ... asa-kebari
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Re: A wet fly bound to raise some hackles ;)

Post by CM_Stewart » Thu Nov 28, 2019 8:50 am

Beautiful flies!

You are exactly right, the stiff hackle doesn't collapse like a soft hackle would. It resists being pulled through the water, which allows you to keep your line tighter and off the water's surface. Very similar concept to Cutcliffe's stiff hackled wets for fishing rapid streams.

Much easier to detect strikes when fishing wet flies upstream if you can keep your line off the water!
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Re: A wet fly bound to raise some hackles ;)

Post by letumgo » Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:34 am

Welcome back Chris. Nice to see you drop in and say hello again. Missed ya buddy. ;)
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