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#7101387 - 01/27/12 06:25 PM
Tarpon Toad Fly
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Registered: 08/09/04
Posts: 342
Loc: Colleyville, TX
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Me and a buddy tied this today. Well, actually he did most of it. But, it was the first tarpon fly either of us had done. Came out pretty good! 
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#7103639 - 01/28/12 01:05 PM
Re: Tarpon Toad Fly
[Re: Fishing Fedora]
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Registered: 08/09/04
Posts: 342
Loc: Colleyville, TX
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Fedora,
What kind of material are you using for the head of the fly? We used yarn on ours caus its all we had. But, I certainly like the look of yours!
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#7103667 - 01/28/12 01:15 PM
Re: Tarpon Toad Fly
[Re: bpharris]
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Registered: 09/25/11
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man, I would love to land a tarpon some day
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#7105312 - 01/28/12 11:51 PM
Re: Tarpon Toad Fly
[Re: bpharris]
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Registered: 05/06/08
Posts: 379
Loc: Austin, TX
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I just use the rug yarn, when I went and bought it, they didn't have any fancy colors other than the purple.
I figure eight the pieces on there, then trim to a basic shape, then go through with my bodkin and pick the twists out. After that I brush out the yarn even further with a velcro brush I made with stick on velcro and a round popsicle stick. This adds to the "body". I do go back and trim any stragglers after all that that make it look funny to me (I.e. OCD).
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