Bucktailing
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Karma-Kazi
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So I have tied up a few with inch and a quater gibbs willow leaf blade and the top two have double chrome colorado blades at 5/8". Think this should do the ticket or are the gibbs blades to big? Any other colours I should be tying up and are they a bit to sparse?
Those look wicked! I like the purple one and the pink one at the bottom. I dont think they are to sparse. I was getting them on flies that were mangles last year and earlier this year!
-KK
eaglemaniac
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You should always use a bead chain swivel with a bucktail fly.
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mbowers
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Sparse is usually better than thick. I don't think the Gibbs blades are too big but watch out with those small chrome colorado blades. I tried one that looks a lot like those and it brought fish in for a while. When it was my turn on the rod, I popped a fish off on the strike with 20lb leader. When retying I noticed the spinner had busted, not the line so I didn't even try using that size spinner again.
mbowers
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Here's my attempt at a weedless bucktail with no front hook just a stainless steel cotter pin bent to 60 deg angle like a jig hook. The pin is weighted on the bottom so the fly should shed weed to the bottom like a jig and a stiff, braided wire trailer that should keep the rear hook point up and shielded from weed. Seemed to work well for me but always interested to hear the comments from others.
Here's my attempt at a weedless bucktail with no front hook just a stainless steel cotter pin bent to 60 deg angle like a jig hook. The pin is weighted on the bottom so the fly should shed weed to the bottom like a jig and a stiff, braided wire trailer that should keep the rear hook point up and shielded from weed. Seemed to work well for me but always interested to hear the comments from others.
That is a great idea! I wonder if you could upload a photo or two of how you hold the hook upright and how you attach the hook?
Weeds can be a super problem bucktailing.
Thanks for the tip! I may just end up doing all in Gibbs blades then. They do look a little weak to me as well.
I was inspired after reading this thread and added a put a buck-tail on my fly rod his weekend out at port renfrew. Had five good hits but didn't manage to hook anything. I had the drag pretty tight though, so I wonder if that was part of the problem.
I was using a floating line and a longish leader. The hits were a bit like a scene from jaws, the coho literally attacking the buck-tail, thrashing and shaking around at the surface. Worth it for the entertainment value alone...
I was using a floating line and a longish leader. The hits were a bit like a scene from jaws, the coho literally attacking the buck-tail, thrashing and shaking around at the surface. Worth it for the entertainment value alone...
TenMile
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I'm by no means an expert here, but I have found that a loose drag seems to work better for me. Super sticky sharp hooks and yes, a trailing hook as well. Because there is virtually no tension on the line, the sharp hook setup seems to make the most difference.
