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Old 05-10-2014, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by RavYak View Post
Many of my flies are not weighted and being new to fly fishing I actually find this annoying because I hate how split shot weakens the tippet and how it adds a hinge into the line when casting.

Is there some reason as to why not to use weighted flies and why are so many of the regular flies not weighted? I am actually considering crimping split shots directly onto my flies, is there any reason as to why I shouldn't do this?

Imo if a fly is supposed to sink it should do so on its own but maybe there is a reason I am missing?
Check out Toobies, they work well.

http://www.skipsoriginals.com/Toobie...ht_System.html
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