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1 + 1 = 1 #10781725 04/20/15 06:09 PM
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I like to use BIG hook for big mama stripers. So I use 4/0, 5/0 hooks. I also love top water action, I want those big hook floating on top of the water. I like to keep things simple, using what ever I can reach in my bag, to make the big hook float. So I did this way:

1. I wrap some feather around the hook



2. choose a proper size float:



3. Then, I put them together:



Voila, that's exactly what I mean: 1 + 1 = 1 bannana2


Re: 1 + 1 = 1 [Re: moonriver] #10781734 04/20/15 06:13 PM
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And did I catch fish with it yet? You can bet on it!



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Re: 1 + 1 = 1 [Re: moonriver] #10781917 04/20/15 06:56 PM
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Great idea and catch Moon thumb

Re: 1 + 1 = 1 [Re: moonriver] #10782156 04/20/15 08:20 PM
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Great idea Moon! Are you " glueing" the fly into the float? How are you tying the fly to the tippet?
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Re: 1 + 1 = 1 [Re: moonriver] #10782279 04/20/15 09:01 PM
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That is innovative. Well done, what happened to the poppers with the hook hanging down?


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Re: 1 + 1 = 1 [Re: J-Moe] #10782856 04/21/15 01:00 AM
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Thanks my friend. I am just too lazy to go through the complicate. process to make a popper.

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Great idea and catch Moon thumb


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No, i do not glue them together. I also want to use it as 1 - 1 = 1. Meaning: to take the float out, use the feather part as below the surface fly. I did insert a plastic bean, and glue it to the float.

Originally Posted By: Capt. Mac
Great idea Moon! Are you " glueing" the fly into the float? How are you tying the fly to the tippet?
Beauty of a Smallmouth!


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The hook size is so big, and it's heavy, really difficult to keep hook point up, unless i put belly weight in the float. By add more weight, the popper will be way too heavy for me to cast it properly. Since the hook size is big, and i am targeting big fish, the hook up rate will be good, i think.

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That is innovative. Well done, what happened to the poppers with the hook hanging down?


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Nicely done! cheers


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I like it.

It's a good reminder that the fly doesn't have to be fancy to be effective.

Well done.


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Re: 1 + 1 = 1 [Re: banker-always fishing] #10783290 04/21/15 03:11 AM
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Thank you for your kind words.

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Nicely done! cheers


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Thanks RexW.
The foam float is so soft and fragile, is easy broken. Good thing they are cheap. I will figure out a way to make them last a bit longer.


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I like it.

It's a good reminder that the fly doesn't have to be fancy to be effective.

Well done.


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Originally Posted By: moonriver
The foam float is so soft and fragile, is easy broken. Good thing they are cheap. I will figure out a way to make them last a bit longer.


A coating of epoxy should make them bullet proof, but even a coating of fingernail polish would help.


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Re: 1 + 1 = 1 [Re: moonriver] #10789229 04/23/15 02:27 AM
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I like it!


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cheers Great idea Moon

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