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stream urchin

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About stream urchin

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  • Birthday 07/30/1944

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    SW of Cleveland OH in '82 from Binghamton NY
  1. Dave Clouser in his book thought it important to smash the barb of any hook but especially so in hook up condition as this caused less damage to sensitive structure and tissues on roof of fishes mouth. BTW both he and Lefty feel you get more hook ups with barb pinched down. If those were not an issue I like it better for the ease of release. You can keep the fish in the water twist your wrist and it's gone. Also pulls out of human flesh as well as cloth much easier.
  2. This is a great smallie fly. Why I do not know but they’ll come up from the bottom and hit it just as Murray describes. He called it Drakes Slidder as he gave credit to Drake..... it is a slider. As mentioned above,I first ran across it in harry Murray’s first Fly Fishing forSmallie Book(1989) he had a drawing off it that looked spot on to your tie. i also recall a post and instructions for a man who knew E Drake. The bead was to form the head and not for any other purpose. But who cares.... it may offer different and attractive options in various materials and wgts. The instructions called for red thread behind the bead and used a washer or die to hold the hair in place. I use yellow hair and feathers. Have never used a washer to hold the hair in place but a fussy tier may find that useful. Here is a bit from the book http://books.google.com/books?id=Hp7z6byr8...p;q&f=false
  3. Wow what a neat tie. Looks like a blue gill type shape. I'm going to tie it on a jig hook with cone head. I'll just poke a hole for the top strip and be all set. Thanks. SU
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