I've heard of people using it on spinning tackle. Maybe unweighted on a fly rod? Seems like a cheap way to go.

You mean like a tube fly?

You meana section of a red & white spiraled soda straw? Don't see why not esp. when you're harassing the smackies off a jetty.

never heard of it...

its worth a try, i guess

Yeah LC. It's the soda straw thing. Works for smack on jetties and in surf. Just wondering if anyone tried it on fly rod. Seems like it would be easy enough.

I Googled this and all I could find were some sparse images. Is this just a hook with some plastic straw above it, as was mentioned earlier, tube fly style? That is low down, dirt cheap good old fashioned fun, the kind of thing that would probably be outlawed by B.A.S.S so it must be fun!

Well the way smacks tear up flies, I kinda like the idea of something cheap to throw at em.

I'm heading down in a few weeks. I'll give it a try and report back. Like you said, cheap is a goood thing with smacks.

Finally! Found a photo!
that ought to work fine on a fly rod without the weight added in.

Thats what i thought, no weight. I added a strip of metallic silver sili skin to straw by hook for a little flash. we'll see.

Those darn things'll eat anything eh? Interesting; I see things like this and I wonder who came up with it first and what was the story there.

I suspect it involved alcohol, a wager, desperation or any combo of the three.

Much like the pool stunt shown to us by Cole from This is Fly. I'm still game to be a 'fish'.

All we need now is a pool! (and drinks.)