Kev, I've watched Bob and Lefty do it, so I know it's there. But somethimes the bend is so slight you can hardly see it, as in that photo, but it is there. If you put a straight edge across the hook in the photo, you'll see the bend a little better.
Bend the hook just behind where the eyes will fasten down, just a few degrees to where you're bringing the point of the hook away from the eye (best way to explain it??) If your hook is in the vise point down, bend the eye and a short portion of the shank upwards just 3 to 5 degrees. There, that's better. Then tie the fly as shown, upside down. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin W. Machon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 3:53 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] Clouser Minnow Question- Bend-back > Maybe I'm missing something in the picture, but what exactly is the bendback > method? The picture looks like a clouser minnow except all the material is > tied on the same side of the hook. Is that it? > > On a related note, did anyone catch the "Fly Fishing America" that aired on > VS. this past weekend - the musky fishing one from near Boulder Junction, > WI? The fly he tied in the show used a wire weed guard that "clipped" from > the head to the underside of the hook point, for lack of a better > description. I thought of that when this thread started and emailed the > shop owner to see what the weed guard was. They have to throw those big > streamers into some pretty thick cabbage for musky so those might work on > clousers for bass, too. I'll let you all know what I find out. > > Kev > > > > From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [VFB] Clouser Minnow Question- Bend-back > Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:36:09 -0700 > > Chuck, > > Use Bob's & Lefty's 'bend-back' method to make them weedless: > > http://www.clouserflyfishing.com/benclous.html > > Don > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chuck Alexander > Subject: Re: [VFB] Clouser Minnow Question > > > Mark: Thanks for the tips... And I do want them as weedless as possible, > cause I fish in a place where the bass are in heavy cover, and last two > years, due to not knowing how to tie anything weedless, I lost almost as > many bass as I did flies trying to catch them LOL, I think a white bottom > half, with a few strands of flash in the middle, and chartreuse on the top > with a blood red head would be the ticket around here because as a bait > chunker, that is the color jigs I used to catch both bass and crappie the > best.... > Chuck > > _________________________________________________________________ > Communicate instantly! Use your Hotmail address to sign into Windows Live > Messenger now. http://get.live.com/messenger/overview > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.11/627 - Release Date: 1/15/2007 > >
