It's a little late in the conversation, but I just stopped by to congratulate the folks who have stopped using perfection loops.
Carry on!
More like REJECTION loop.It's a little late in the conversation, but I just stopped by to congratulate the folks who have stopped using perfection loops.
Carry on!
Challenge accepted. 5 tuna trips this year, and I’m gonna use perfection loops on every rig.It's a little late in the conversation, but I just stopped by to congratulate the folks who have stopped using perfection loops.
Carry on!
Albacore do not appear to be hook-shy. And they will strike from behind as the flies are trolled. And we have had what would appear to be "short-strikes", especially on the slide; here the fly is grabbed, you get a few head shakes or a short run, and then the fish comes unbuttoned. I would leave at least some long...
Steve
@jasmillo and I have had good results with spawn heads and stinger hooks the last two seasons. Stinger hook ends at the tail, not necessarily “long”.Probably a good plan but FWIW I think some of the tuna fly flingers on here have been tying and using Spawn head flies for tuna with a pretty long stinger on them. Am I remembering that right?
5 trips? Respect. But, how big is your freezer?Challenge accepted. 5 tuna trips this year, and I’m gonna use perfection loops on every rig.
It was the standard knot for a double line when I was trolling in Hawaii…both feet and both knees. I haven’t tied one in a decade though…I knew some guys that had a jig with nails in it to tie them too…It barely even seems like a knot. More like a novelty trick turned into a semi controlled twisty tangle. Plus it takes three appendages to tie, which includes my favorite one.
My big toe of course!!
Ha! Not all trips are built the same or have the same prospect of success. Two out of Westport, one out of Astoria, one out of Garibaldi, and one diy with a friend of a friend.5 trips? Respect. But, how big is your freezer?
although, I only used them for the back loop, not to the fly....but, that's the one that broke on me last year.
That's meeeee!!!!! Fuck those knots!
I got my boat out three times and went with a friend once last year. I'd happily double that number if I can pull it off.Ha! Not all trips are built the same or have the same prospect of success. Two out of Westport, one out of Astoria, one out of Garibaldi, and one diy with a friend of a friend.
Three deep freezers and a network of folks happy to barter for tuna and salmon.
I’ll gladly be your Gilligan.I got my boat out three times and went with a friend once last year. I'd happily double that number if I can pull it off.
Here's the Rookie, again - is this fly in your picture tied on a shank? Or?@jasmillo and I have had good results with spawn heads and stinger hooks the last two seasons. Stinger hook ends at the tail, not necessarily “long”.
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This one was tied on a cheap sacrificial mustad hook then clipped off. You can use shank too, same thing.Here's the Rookie, again - is this fly in your picture tied on a shank? Or?
Thanks! I'm still in the planning mode (what the heck am I getting into, here?) for the trip and what flies I might tie (or try to tie). I found a tube fly adapter in my stash of stuff I've forgotten I had but there are no mandrels with it, just four different diameter "rods" - learning curve ahead. ;-)This one was tied on a cheap sacrificial mustad hook then clipped off. You can use shank too, same thing.
I have several lifetimes of tubing material if you need some. @Jerry Daschofsky did a batch order many moons ago that I was a part of in the old site. We did the transaction at the Sportsman's Show.Thanks! I'm still in the planning mode (what the heck am I getting into, here?) for the trip and what flies I might tie (or try to tie). I found a tube fly adapter in my stash of stuff I've forgotten I had but there are no mandrels with it, just four different diameter "rods" - learning curve ahead. ;-)
Happy to help shorten that learning curve sometime. I love tube flies.Thanks! I'm still in the planning mode (what the heck am I getting into, here?) for the trip and what flies I might tie (or try to tie). I found a tube fly adapter in my stash of stuff I've forgotten I had but there are no mandrels with it, just four different diameter "rods" - learning curve ahead. ;-)
Thanks, Steve - I will do some explorin' around here. If my memory serves, the "tube flies" I shared above, were tied on hard plastic tubing (I seem to recall it was hydraulic tubing). AutoZone doesn't carry anything like that so...... a bit more checking.I have several lifetimes of tubing material if you need some. @Jerry Daschofsky did a batch order many moons ago that I was a part of in the old site. We did the transaction at the Sportsman's Show.
Steve
Very nice offer, Jake! Perhaps if time and circumstances permit.Happy to help shorten that learning curve sometime. I love tube flies.