Jim: Thanks.. I'll try the tiny jig heads.. I can catch em all day on regular red headed, with sparkled chartreuse tail on a spinning reel, but want to catch them on a fly rod, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: jim phillips To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] substitute for rabbit- yes, please Chuck Try small (1/64 or 1/80 jigs 0n casting rods or 1/80 or 1/100 oz on fly rods) jigs tied in different colors. Orange, red, whitr, olive etc... mix and match. Jim On 8/7/07, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mart, Don O.. Great ideas about trimming AFTER the tie in and for claws..Won't be long (I hope) till the crappie start biting good again..I'll have to tie some in,trim after the tie off, split those and walla, Good Crappie crawfish pattern... Which brings up another question.. only flies I have ever caught crappie on are Chili Peppers and Crawfish. Is there any more good crappie (or made just for crappie) patterns?? Thanks, Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Westbeek To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] substitute for rabbit- yes, please Yep, and tie in first and then cut to length. Mart ----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Fish To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] substitute for rabbit- yes, please Well OK, but as long as I have some "Wabbit Stwips" I'm trying to come up with a good bluegill recipe(s) that uses rabbit in ways other that cutting it up and dubbing with it, or using long strips. I always get those strips too long for bluegills, but if I cut em too short, I have no "hide" to tie to the hook shank and it ends up just being a soft tail.. Anybody got any ideas??? Thanks, Chuck Cut a tiny bit of hair off of the front end of the strip leaving a strip of bare hide about 1/8"- 3/16: long. Taper bare part to a point and it gives you a great tie-in point. a. -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/940 - Release Date: 8/6/2007 4:53 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/940 - Release Date: 8/6/2007 4:53 PM
