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Chuck,
99% of the flys I use up on the San Juan River are
all size # 20's to size # 24's... I even tie a few 26's... They make
a "Micro Chenille" and that's normally what I use for chenille bodies... I
also use Mel's recommendation of blending your favorite colored dubbing with a
little crystal dubbing and rope dub, (DonO's technique), the
body... Works great...
Rodney...
NREMT - Paramedic
Life is too short, go fishing...
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Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:08
PM
Subject: [VFB] Tying on #16 and smaller
hooks
Folks: I was wondering if anybody else has trouble with things
like chenille covering the hook gap on #16 and smaller hooks??? Seems that
even when I use Micro chenille it wants to fill in the hook's gap and
thus, I get bites, but lose a lot of fish...And, if I start up farther from
the hooks bend, I only get about one good wrap, or then it covers the hook's
eyes???? I tried going to a 3/0 thread body, and/or unraveling a regular
knitting yarn, and using a strand of it,and using floss as well, but I
lose the "sparkle" of the "crystal chenille" that attracts the fish.. Thanks
for any ideas..Thanks, Chuck
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