The Full Pint Streamer | Troutbitten 

Thanks. That's very kind.

Thanks, Dave.

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Glad you like it!

Thanks. I'll do more vids when I have the time, for sure. Cheers.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Sure thing, man.

Likely no genius here. I just fish a lot. Thanks for the kind words about the website, Andrew. Keep in touch.

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CHeers.

Thanks.

Right on.

Do it.

Thanks.

I think they mistake it for a baby brown trout a lot.

Ha. Me too.

@@Troutbitten Is he using a slide for some of those those?

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Hi Sean. Yes, personally I like fishing streamers on a Mono Rig. There's a lot more about all of that at these two links: troutbitten.com/2017/03/01/bill-dance-and-jimmy-houston-go-fly-fishing-the-mono-rig-for-streamers/ troutbitten.com/category/streamers/ As for the dubbing loop. I like the idea. But I think you will find it troublesome. I want full control over how long each feather is. I don't want them all being the same length. As I build the body, I use longer or shorter feathers in sections. Those are just my thoughts. Cheers. Dom

Just about every way you can think of. And there are a series of unique moves available on the Mono Rig with streamers. MUCH more is here: troutbitten.com/category/streamers/

Fly Rite.

No. Not filmed yet. Hopefully in the spring. But the pattern is really just half of the full pint. More details about the couple changes in the Troutbitten article link above.

Cool

Hi Seth. I think the key is that it's not overdone. It's not too flashy, doesn't need rubber legs and other thing, either. Just looks great, moves and catches trout.

@@Troutbitten Cool, Thanks!

Honestly, there are far too many factors involved for me to answer your question effectively. The way I tie a Full Pint, it weighs less than a gram. Many anglers nymph with flies and weights that are much heavier that that, and they do it with light rods. Rod selection, in my opinion, should be more about having versatility than being specialized. But if you are buying a rod specifically for fishing streamers, and you wanted to fish a Full Pint, there are other questions. Will you fish a floating line, sinking line or tight line rig/Mono Rig to the streamer? Will the modest weight of the Full Pint be enough to get the fly deep enough for long enough and catch the trout you are after? Or will you need to add weight? If so, in what form is that weight? If it's a sinking line, what sink rate is the line? How far will you cast, on average? How much do you use the rod tip for streamer motion, are you wading or floating, and how big are the target fish? See what I mean? Lots of questions. And I'd argue that all of those questions are far more important than the fly. ALL that said . . . I fish the Full Pint most often on a 10 foot 4 weight. I do that with a Standard Mono Rig and not a fly line. The leader is built for fly line style casts, so I can push the streamer and especially the leader and tippet around. I rarely add weight to the system, but if I do, I use split shot about 10 inches above the Full Pint. Sometimes, I add a second fly above the Full Pint. Hope that helps you out. Cheers.

@@Troutbitten Perfectly! I appreciate the response! I use your leaders formulas and really like the way they cast. I haven’t tried articulated flies and was concerned about wind drag more than anything. I fish tail waters and a spring river exclusively here in Arkansas, so distance isn’t a concern. I’ll tie a few up! Thanks very much!

Right on. Wind drag is a good point. And there's enough weight in the Full Pint to overcome that easily. Cheers

It just occurred to me that you can not use a cone head on a shank. There. Answered my own question. :-)

@@BertBrehm I catch a lot of trout on the front hook too. If it's legal, I'm using two hooks.