Joe A
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Guys...I used Vevus holographic tinsel ribbing on this fly.. good news the fish flat out crushed it, bad news is the tinsel broke after the 10th fish .
Any way to make this more durable... or a suggestion to equally sparkly ribbing that is more durable?
i used this same tinsel on a Royal renegade and it lookes like it’s getting chewed.
was thinking perhaps of using gold crystal flash
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Okay guys.... calling this one the Bob n Pete Fly
if this don’t get the job done i dunno what will! I used the smaller prop on this ala Dr Vette...but will be tying with a larger as well.
also tied the downsized variant that Dr Vette reccomended with 2mm bead n small prop.
and I will be swimming some with plastic beads no wire.
and my prop leech as well.. only because the jigging action is over the top
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Niveker:
Only in the sink so far.. took a couple try’s but u need to use the correct size bead such that the bead is at least 2 bead widths ahead of the jig hook eye to get the right angle and have the fly track correctly .
the issue I have with pistol Pete flys is the hit to land ratio is 50%
Dr Vette recommended the small prop and smallest bead to get the job done.
i wanted to see the effect of changing hook to point up to get an upper lip hook set .
This can only be tied as a leech. Hackle is too intrusive.
i also have a couple pistol Pete’s tied on size 6 daiichi Aberdeen’s with a 2mm bead and small prop.
when i first tried float n fly fishing I tied up some Dick Empe’s Deadly shiners... same deal poor hookup ratio.
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Thank you! I just found some French oval ribbing in my kit...
It is size small ... for a size 8 streamer what size is reccomended? Medium ? Or large?