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Re: A Couple for Skunkaroo...
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:44 am
by willowhead
That IS funny.....
Course with the exception of mine and yours...............why is it that, when you HAVE a life, "they" can't see the forest for the trees..........??? hhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm in honor of Arsinio Hall
Btw, it's Kreinik, not krenik.....pronounced, crynik.
WONDERFUL flies.....
Re: A Couple for Skunkaroo...
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:50 pm
by Soft-hackle
Both flies are knock-outs.
Mark
Re: A Couple for Skunkaroo...
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:52 pm
by skunkaroo
You don't check in for a couple of days and look what happens
Nice looking flies! I'm sure they'll interest a few party going fish (mardi gras... get it
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One thing though. Are you sure those are the same hooks for both flies? It might just be the angle of the shots, but the second looks a bit stouter--more like a C49s?
Aaron
Re: A Couple for Skunkaroo...
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:54 pm
by CreationBear
Are you sure those are the same hooks for both flies?
Yes, I think it's just the picture angle foreshortening the hook a bit. (FWIW, my affection for the C53s/TMC 200r comes from fishing a Tenkara rod under a pretty heavy canopy here in the Smokies: I run my hand down the leader until I can pinch that bit of bare shank between thumb and forefinger--just the little bit of leverage and trout usually pops off with minimal fuss. Hopefully keeping my hands off the trout improves my C&R percentages a bit.)
At any rate, I don't think you can improve on the original B&W mozzie, but it's fun to see how colored silk works. (BTW, the salmonberry over gold tinsel actually turns into a "Priscella, Queen of the Desert" magenta when wet--I'm not sure what self-respecting trout would fall for such a concoction, but I know I have to find out...
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