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He kept saying it "looked horrible" before the trimming, I'm sitting here thinking the long tufts pre-trim would look great flowing underwater, to simulate ghost minnows or larger shad in fresh waters...
Mike, what is the purpose of the tie in where you wrap the shank as a V? Every other tie in up the hook is the same, but there is one in the middle as you transition to the "head" that was different.
Beautiful little baitfish. I can't stop myself from adding one red strand to the second last bottom head clump to simulate gills. Most likely doesn't help and might actually make it worse.
This pattern in 1/0 tan back using an intermediate line on 10 wt caught me: 5 lb mutton snappers, a 10 lb baby tarpon (lost a much bigger one) and a 25 lb barracuda. Simply awesome.
