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#1 User is offline   chucko 


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Posted 14 February 2010 - 08:11 PM

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Number of downloads: 49 I dunno.... does this look too dangerous to cast?
Its made out of balsa wood, and coated with a clear lacquer finish to help keep it from getting too waterlogged.

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Posted 14 February 2010 - 08:40 PM

Dude, Thats NOT a Floating Fly
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Posted 14 February 2010 - 08:52 PM

I hate to correct Bruce, but......


Dude - that's not a fly!
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Posted 14 February 2010 - 08:54 PM

It's a nice piece of work, Rapala lures are carved balsa.

BUT, as has been mentioned, there's no way it could be considered a "fly"

Nice spinning lure though.
If I was an "expert" people would be paying me to do this stuff. I just like to do what works.

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Posted 14 February 2010 - 09:09 PM

I stand corrected! Technically this is NOT a fly!
My question is... do you think it could cast like one?
It is much lighter than a rapela.
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Posted 14 February 2010 - 10:39 PM

Could it be cast? Sure - with a broom stick of a rod, a helmet, and one hell of a duck on your part.

Great start on a plug, though.

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Posted 14 February 2010 - 10:53 PM

Debarbing those hooks may come in handy when the inevitable happens.

Getting bonked on the back of my head by a fishing partner's errant cast of a #2 cork popper, smaller than your creation, brought stars to my eyes even with no hook penetration.
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 12:36 AM

you can...I have cast 8 inch poppers stapered from 1/4 and 1/2 " basla stock for slim, lanky saltwater poppers....but the question begs...why would you want to cast it with a fly rod, creating potentially serious rick to yourself and / or others in the general vicinity, when you can cast it with a spinning rod and 6 to 8 lb test with greater accuracy and distance?
Hug your daughters, or someone else will.
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 01:12 AM

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I'll cast it on my eight weight any day. Wide loop though, no wind, and I'm taking off the treble hooks, and putting a single size 10 7x streamer hook on the back that's hackled as a stinger and debarbed.

It'll catch fish too.

But it still won't be a fly.
The great thing about catch & release is that the fish can live to grow even larger.
In fact, I've known some fish to grow quite a bit larger before the fisherman even returned home.
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 10:09 AM

First of all great looking lure/fly smile.gif
I'm sure you could cast it just fine with 8wt rod.
I would change those trebs to a single hook.

Also guys don't forget about Sparkleminnow's Coffee Grinder.
I have couple of those and it basically the same thing just made out of foam.



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Posted 15 February 2010 - 01:05 PM

agreed change the trebles to a single stinger hook in the back and maybe a smaller body so it is easy to cast!
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