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1 + 1 = 1
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04/20/15 06:09 PM
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moonriver
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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
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Re: 1 + 1 = 1
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#10781734
04/20/15 06:13 PM
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moonriver
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And did I catch fish with it yet? You can bet on it! Caught this beauty Sunday morning at Texoma. I have yet to try on stripers.
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Re: 1 + 1 = 1
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#10781917
04/20/15 06:56 PM
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J-Moe
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Great idea and catch Moon
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Re: 1 + 1 = 1
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#10782156
04/20/15 08:20 PM
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Capt. Mac
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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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Re: 1 + 1 = 1
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#10782279
04/20/15 09:01 PM
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Linecaster
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That is innovative. Well done, what happened to the poppers with the hook hanging down?
In the beginning God created. Gen. 1:1 All things were made by him and without him was not anything made. John 1:3
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Re: 1 + 1 = 1
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#10782856
04/21/15 01:00 AM
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moonriver
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Thanks my friend. I am just too lazy to go through the complicate. process to make a popper. Great idea and catch Moon
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Re: 1 + 1 = 1
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#10782874
04/21/15 01:06 AM
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moonriver
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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. 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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04/21/15 01:27 AM
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moonriver
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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. That is innovative. Well done, what happened to the poppers with the hook hanging down?
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#10783144
04/21/15 02:24 AM
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banker-always fishing
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Nicely done!
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Re: 1 + 1 = 1
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#10783191
04/21/15 02:39 AM
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RexW
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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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04/21/15 03:11 AM
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moonriver
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Thank you for your kind words. Nicely done!
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Re: 1 + 1 = 1
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#10783311
04/21/15 03:16 AM
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moonriver
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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. 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
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#10783847
04/21/15 01:13 PM
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RexW
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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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#10789229
04/23/15 02:27 AM
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Dfitz
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Don't worry about the mule, just load the cart
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Re: 1 + 1 = 1
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#10790103
04/23/15 02:16 PM
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chefmike
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Great idea Moon Mike
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