Off Season Creativity?
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I tied/crimped some hoochie set ups with spinner blades using fine wire instead of mono line in hopes of longer life out of the wire. The ones I made so far are peach hoochies with pink and white leaf blades. I made them 8 inches long because that length seems to catch fish. I fished Monday but never tried them out but caught fish on the same set up tied with mono.
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mrmike
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Off season creativity/ food for thought research every photo of a fish hitting bait/ lure etc. a friend of mine noticed checking his lures all the teeth marks were on the left side of his lures (all) I found photo after photo, fish hit 99%of the time they come up on the morsel/lure hit from left to right how he noticed this is beyond reason but he is right/alway left to right I working with a double hook set up with the bottom hook facing 90 degrees left/the hook set up would need to be solid. there are some manufatures readjustinging there wobblers with hooks on the left side check it out. If you ever fish a large quick fish with all them hooks and a fish hits and you miss it the fish grabs the lure in his mouth on the left side goes through it not touching a hook/ I really don't think I'm crzy. very possible a lot less lost fish
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I'm not smart enough to post a photo. I did manage to post one in my album.
SmokeOnTheWater
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This lure swap does sound like an interesting venture and I'm in for a trade if anyone would like to send me a PM.
As for some of the other posts here:
SuperD - You're COLD laugh hyst
TrollMonkey - I too have been playing around with the Tube Fly idea. 101idea101
BornToFish01 - Here's wishing you a full recovery and cheers to good health for all. 101cheers101
As for some of the other posts here:
SuperD - You're COLD laugh hyst
TrollMonkey - I too have been playing around with the Tube Fly idea. 101idea101
BornToFish01 - Here's wishing you a full recovery and cheers to good health for all. 101cheers101
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Those look good, I really like that pink guppy one.
SuperDaveMT
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I'm looking at building some hoochie like creations out of rubber/silicone skirt material. Has anyone tried adding a glass rattle to any of their rigs? I'm thinking the noise might induce the aggression strikes.
SmokeOnTheWater
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Hey SuperDave, Apex kokanee killers started putting miniature steel rattles on their lure several years ago for the very same reason. I believe if there is anything to create a strike, I would try it. I bought several Apex Hot Spots and then the bite seemed to shift toward inline spinners and then small squid rigs. Maybe this year the old Apex lures will start producing at the Gorge once again????
RalphL
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I have never known any other species of fish that could change their tastes so quickly and so completely. First wedding rings in the AM, than hoochies, than something else. A man need a tackle box as big as a VW to stay up with them.
Pogue
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idaho_Grizz
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Nice Pogue I wish I had some talant like that. I really like that.
Pogue
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Something like that.
This originally started out as a test to see how life-like I could paint a fish. I've always thought it would be fun to try and paint a fiberglass mold for a fish mount. I figured that a shark would be easy - not too many colors and no scales! After I formed it (clay) I decided to make it more of something that looked realistic shape wise, but had different coloration that stood out, but wasn't too crazy. There is a shark that I based this one on that looks similar to this (called a Spotted Wobblegong) so I changed the coloration a bit and added a little more. Heres a pic.
Rob
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