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Old 02-14-2012, 11:58 AM   #1
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Mistake Mackerel fly
Was trying to tie a 12" mackerel fly came up 6" short. Herring fly it is then!!!

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Old 02-14-2012, 12:11 PM   #2
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Looks good, what's the material?
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Old 02-14-2012, 12:24 PM   #3
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Syn-Yak for the body with Mega Mushy(Flash) blended in.
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Old 02-14-2012, 12:28 PM   #4
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Syn Yak is interesting stuff
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Old 02-14-2012, 12:51 PM   #5
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Working on it...
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demanding, and he doesn't even own a rod yet......


On a side note of you tied that mike i am actually impressed. man good job. I suck at it. im still in teaser flag and eel phase.
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Old 02-15-2012, 01:18 PM   #8
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Well with the rods hes looking for hes gonna have a tuff time throwing 12" ill dig up a fly but i a.f post pics from my phone
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Derek makes some really, sweet BIG flies!
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Gonna have to break out the fly rod this year Buzz.....
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Gonna have to break out the fly rod this year Buzz.....
I took out a fly guy 3X last year, my boat is already fly christened....
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it's not for the 8 wt
my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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You got something in the 16-20 wt range?
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Old 02-15-2012, 09:07 PM   #14
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Id love to find some small bluefinn again
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Old 02-15-2012, 09:09 PM   #15
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Havent sat down at the.vise in a lonv time maybe next week ill have to do that
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Nice looking fly.
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