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Rob Knisely's Furry Frog

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#1 User is offline   BigDaddyHub 


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Posted 21 February 2010 - 12:06 PM

Rob is a local pro in the Bluegrass region. Rob is, without a doubt, the most humble, most sharing, of any pro I have ever known. He shared this with me in his shop yesterday and PM'd me with the exact directions to tie it. I hope he doesn't mind me sharing the link. Going try this one for big bass in the area this spring! Enjoy!

http://www.members.tripod.com/invictaflyshop/id118.htm
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Posted 21 February 2010 - 02:46 PM

Nice looking fly! Thanks for posting the link!
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 21 February 2010 - 03:23 PM

Rob advises it is a subsurface pattern, with the hook weighted with lead wraps. It's essentially a "kickin' frog" pattern. Rob tauts it as "simple" and "effective". I have fished Rob's flies for a while and I can tell ya, he's one hell of a warmwater fishrman. Should be a great pattern on the lakes and ponds this spring. I'm psyched about my off days next week, going to attempt several of these.
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Posted 21 February 2010 - 10:58 PM

Nice indeed. Big for around here but I do like it
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Posted 22 February 2010 - 02:50 PM

Great fly, terrible web site...

Sorry, sometimes my profession gets in the way of my hobbies.
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Posted 22 February 2010 - 08:09 PM

Hey BDH, get that new high chair set up? rofl

Pelhament... actually, I have been trying for 5 years to get that off the web. When I stop selling commercial, I wanted it shut down. Trellix never did, and have since plastered it with those annoying ads. grrr wallbash.gif I still get orders off there and I haven't had a license to sell for 5 years! So I continue to refund money... don't know what more to do. The plus side is there was still an online photo of that fly to show the Hubster. BELIEVE me... the shop potion of my website did not look like that back in the day! I programmed most of that by hand in html (have a programming degree), and after I told them to strike it from the server, they responded by injecting random ads in all the frames. Never, EVER use Trellix or Tripod!

The Furry Frog is actually not so big. Body ends up about 3/4 inch. I've had good results with it, and had several repeat customers for it (back in the day wink.gif )


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Posted 22 February 2010 - 08:26 PM

Hey Rob,

I do like it. I fish with 8,10 or size 12. Could it be tied in those sizes?
Jeff

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Posted 23 February 2010 - 02:15 AM

QUOTE (Rob Knisely @ Feb 22 2010, 05:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Pelhament... actually, I have been trying for 5 years to get that off the web. When I stop selling commercial, I wanted it shut down. Trellix never did, and have since plastered it with those annoying ads. grrr wallbash.gif I still get orders off there and I haven't had a license to sell for 5 years! So I continue to refund money... don't know what more to do. The plus side is there was still an online photo of that fly to show the Hubster. BELIEVE me... the shop potion of my website did not look like that back in the day! I programmed most of that by hand in html (have a programming degree), and after I told them to strike it from the server, they responded by injecting random ads in all the frames. Never, EVER use Trellix or Tripod!



Hey Rob, that is too bad that they are treating you like that. Sorry if I offended you, that was not my intention. Great fly though!
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Posted 25 February 2010 - 09:45 PM

Jeff,

I would imagine you could scale it down quite easily, but here in Kentucky, we have real smallmouth that eat real frogs! devil.gif laugh.gif


And, yes, Rob, I did indeed get the high chair set up. dry.gif rolleyes.gif

Haven't tied the frog yet, but going whip one out. Working on stippled poppers right now...not going well....but the frog is on the top of the list
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Posted 25 February 2010 - 10:18 PM

Hey Chris I would of tied it for you but I didn't have any olive zonkers so you got a sub
release a big one today and catch a trophy tomorrow

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Posted 25 February 2010 - 10:30 PM

I'm glad you did....Now I have one in hand to compare with.
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