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Armand's Snake Bug
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 B52 bugger |
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Posts: 275 11/15/09 13:38:42 Registered Member |
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Posts: 760 11/15/09 15:37:06 Registered Member |
Haven't picked up a copy of that mag in several months but just so happen to be in the Bears Den yesterday and Scott hooked me up with one. They just came it. And I did see your fly. Congrats on getting it published! |
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gillbuster |
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Posts: 1267 11/17/09 06:33:31
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Congrats Armand... one of the many original bass bug flies in your arsenal...
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Fly Rod D.fiberglassflyro... |
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Posts: 8 11/24/09 12:48:33 |
Armand-
I cannot find Fly Fish America Magazine anywhere. My local fly shop doesn't carry the magazine and Cabelas didn't have it! I'll keep looking. Doug
FRD
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. |
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Posts: 760 11/24/09 13:18:14 Registered Member |
Doug Fly Fish America is a free publication usually given out by dedicated fly shops. Not sure you will find it anywhere else. |
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Fly Rod D.fiberglassflyro... |
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Posts: 8 11/26/09 09:42:57 |
Armand-
I finally was able to find Fly Fish America Magazine! My local shop stopped carrying it for some reason, but now they have it again.... I have a question. The bug you have on this post has a flared deerhair collar that looks to act like a weed guard, in the magazine you had a mono weed guard. I know bass don't know the difference, but do you like one of the guards better? The only reason I ask is I seem to miss some fish due to the mono weed guard. Being fairly new at spinning deer hair I was excited to see the deer hair collar. I'm assuming the mono guard is better for thicker cover, but I have never really fished a bug with a deer hair collar. On a recent trip to Cabelas I found Jay Fair Saddles reduced from $42 to $9! I stocked up, so I'll be making quite a few of Armand's Snake Bugs for next season. Doug
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If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. |
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B52 bugger |
Mono vs hair weed guard | #6 | |||
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Posts: 275 11/26/09 14:56:54 Registered Member |
I kinda gave up on the hair weed guard because I would put cement on the hair but that defeated the purpose being so stiff. You can stroke the hair to be
effective but that only last a while. The fifty pound weed guard allows me to fish in the dense cover, in and on lily pads, around stumps, in trees, on land at
night. Some time Imiss bass especially in real heavy cover. As for saddle hackle, I look for sale items - color is not important. Good fishing
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waynebh.fiberglassflyro... |
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Posts: 61 12/07/09 19:43:29 |
Just picked up a copy today, congrats Armand for getting your pattern published, must be a thrill!
Wayne |
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B52 bugger |
Article has been accepted. | #8 | |||
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Posts: 275 01/24/10 11:03:45 Registered Member |
I was told my article on the snake bug will be in the New England Fisherman weekly magazine February 4 edition.
I'm leaving for South Korea on january 27. My youngest son Tom is getting married January 30. I will be back February 7. Thebasspond will be at Bears Den Show, Feb 20. See you at the show. March 16, 2009 I will be doing a slide show "Fishing the Largemouth Bass" may expand and do "Fifty years plugging and bugging" at Rhody Fly Rodders. More information log on Rhody Fly Rodders. old friend, Armand |
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