25-11-2005, 12:26 PM
hi taky, the flies look very good.
however, i think you may have a poor hook-up rate with the current design.
with the current weight distribution i would have thought that the barbs will end up on the bottom of the lure (as it swims thru the water) and it may therefore be hard to hook the squid!...it may be more effective if the barbs were on the TOP of the fly (as it swims thru the water).
to achieve this, one solution would be to just use a full circle of barbs (rather than the current half circle)....alternatively, you could continue to use a half-circle of barbs but could add a counterweight to make the fly swim the other way round.
i am just thinking out loud...your testing will show what really works the best.
thanks for sharing the photos!
cheers, glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':woot:' />
however, i think you may have a poor hook-up rate with the current design.
with the current weight distribution i would have thought that the barbs will end up on the bottom of the lure (as it swims thru the water) and it may therefore be hard to hook the squid!...it may be more effective if the barbs were on the TOP of the fly (as it swims thru the water).
to achieve this, one solution would be to just use a full circle of barbs (rather than the current half circle)....alternatively, you could continue to use a half-circle of barbs but could add a counterweight to make the fly swim the other way round.
i am just thinking out loud...your testing will show what really works the best.
thanks for sharing the photos!
cheers, glen <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/xyxthumbs.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':woot:' />