SpringVelocity
Crew Member
I have never caught anything but a pink on that thing..Even the hords of coho in Sept/ October pass by that thing....I like to use an Ace Hi Fly inside my hoochies
I have never caught anything but a pink on that thing..Even the hords of coho in Sept/ October pass by that thing....I like to use an Ace Hi Fly inside my hoochies
I've used inserts off and on for a couple of decades at this point I'm fairly certain they are designed to catch fishermen not fish. Lets be honest if we're looking at a wall of tackle it's the flashiest most colorful item that always catches your eye.
I've caught fish using inserts but for me I'm fairly certain I catch more running without them.
It seems that more people are using inserts for coho rather than springs. Do the springs like a sparser presentation, or do the coho just like more flash. I can see your point RiverBoy, about having some flash when you are really deep. Do you play around with a sparser tied version, or is that what you stick with.
The Krystal flash I use looks sparse in the water as its swimming. It is a lot " fluffier " looking when it's dry.
Barkerfam, just to expand on RiverBoy's last post. The roller bead is a one piece unit. The bead head has the hollow straw already attached making it a one pice unit. The tinsel is attached to the hollow straw part and then inserted into the hoochie, with the bead head into the head part of the hoochie. Hope this helps clarify this for you.
In the past I have used/experimented with different hoochy mylar inserts that are available aftermarket.
The one problem that always seems to re-occur is that:- out of the package they are nice and straight, but after a couple of times in the water they start to curl up and protrude at all angles from the hoochy, which doesn't go away when you put them back in the water.
If they came out with inserts that don't do this and stay straight , that would help a lot.
Try dousing them with near-boiling water from the kettle. They should straighten out.
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