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rubber tails prototype flies!
Found a stash of rubber tails in one of my drawers and thought I would play around with some patterns. They are all tied on #8 J Stockard 235 nymph hook. First add the the bead/cone wrap hook tie in rubber tail then either estaz tied in at the tail and wrapped forward and tied, or weight with wraps of lead wire then chenille and hackle tied in at the tail and wrapped forward like in a wooly bugger.
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Comment by Greg McWilliams on August 11, 2012 at 4:55pm
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GOOD JOB, MARK!!!!!! I think YOU and JEN are AWESOME TYERS!!!!!!
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on August 11, 2012 at 2:35pm
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Nice looking baits Mark.....should catch some gills in the Blackwaters.....
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Comment by Jen Nayfly on August 11, 2012 at 1:44pm
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Gill like Crappie Candy Also!
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Yep Mark, here's my protype I tied a few years ago. Great minds think alike!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by jim cosgrove on August 11, 2012 at 1:17pm
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mark,try lure parts online site,swimtail trailers are a similar product
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i have a few of them myself,just the tails.the ones i have would be more for bass ,bigger size than youss mark,try waspi or jann's maybe.i think they are silicone .i think you can get sheets of the material for making spinnerbait skirts
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Comment by Mark Stine on August 11, 2012 at 11:37am
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I tied the one upper right (with cone head) and used it Thursday they smashed it! Caught two on 3 cast and then broke off! I fished on my 5 wt with floating line but used flourocarbon leader which helps a little as it sinks. The bites came on the fall at about two feet deep/. Only one issue I don't know where I can buy more rubber tails!
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