[QUOTE=chubbdarter;1057420]Dang, Chubb! Very nice!
I figured you'd find a way to put the hook closer to the back of the fly without just using a longer shank hook; I've heard that fish are able to get better leverage & throw longer shank hooks easier.
Is the shank something you fabricated, or bought? Don't recall ever seeing anything quite like that before now. Can you put a single hook on there?

Looks like a bobby pin almost but im pretty sure its nit sweet rig

[QUOTE=BobLoblaw;1057683]
IMO is more the wgt of the lure that whiplashes any lure out of a fishes mouth.... ive never had a problem with long shanks but it may be true.

its a redditch shank extender made for treble hooks and fly tyers. But i actualy use them to tune crank baits to achieve a 2 foot kick out swim pattern.
Because of their design a single hook will stick out to the sides rather than up or down.....unless someone can find a single hook with its eye wire paralell to the hook bend. I find i best to just snip two hooks. The hook on a treble's eye allows it to line up good.

Here is a custom long shank single...fly is 5 inches long and hook is in tail section....that fly is my attempt at a RMW pattern
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/t...et2/005-31.jpg
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/t...et2/006-25.jpg

Bob you'll be getting more mail...let me get caught up..thanks

[QUOTE=chubbdarter;1057420]Wow those are amazing! You truly have a talent! I tried tying a few ties, started with wolley buggers and double bunnies! I noticed with the double bunnies that there were alot of tail bites and couldnt actually hook into the fish. Thats the absolute perfect fly set up. I need lessons to create some of those, still searching for my first brown and first bull trout! Well done!

Quote Chubbdarter:"Here is a custom long shank single...fly is 5 inches long and hook is in tail section....that fly is my attempt at a RMW pattern
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/t...et2/005-31.jpg
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/t...et2/006-25.jpg

Bob you'll be getting more mail...let me get caught up..thanks"


Sure looks like a whitefish to me, Mr. Chubb; very nice!

More mail? Sounds good, but I'd prefer hand delivery; that way, I can shake your hand...:)

Speaking of whitefish...

...it would take a 20" fly to imitate the one I caught on Friday; and, I think I'd be a little scared of the fish that would eat this hawg!

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Biggest whitie I've ever caught...:)

bute rocky. even bigger then the lake whites?

we like them big in the swamp

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the fish too

thats a nice cat you got there doc where did you get it

My daughters first fish, she has a little death grip on it but we let it go and acutally caught the same one again.

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/65c52

Grayling caught out by Robb while scouting the area for elk.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...4/SAM_0543.jpg

Must be nice scoping recoil aftershock :)

BIG GUNS
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when were you down here mr.elitefisherman? should have let me know. nice work on enticing a northern to eat a blindman too, cool shots.

Dace

good looking next generations no doubt. as always i look forward to drowning one or two some night soon.

Dace

Those things look awesome you can throw them easy with a spinning rig

think they would be any good trolling??

4 Fish for you to enjoy. Never underestimate GPRIME :) :sHa_shakeshout: Before you comment about the dates they are all 2011 fish. Guy doesn't know how to set his camera dates when the battery dies :)

I moved to Alberta not too long ago...
 

Here are a few fish I've caught since...

Jackfish
 

Some nice fish I caught in Northern Alberta...:tongue0017:

sure catch on quick! congrats and welcome to AB!

nice grayling, never caught one of these guys in Alberta yet

thats my first brown trout on the bow in your last picture. thats an old reliable brownie too. i guess you know how to get him and where he sits :)
Congratz

Wow, how can you tell? If nothing has changed since the day I caught him, he's back in there waiting for you to catch him again.

browns habitually feed in the same runs for sum reason...

Caught my first golden trout today, a few of them actually. Wow, do they have some color on them!

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nice pics... what camera did you use??

Thanks, those were taken with my old Minolta X-700 35 mm.