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Date: May 11, 2006 at 08:10:17
From: David Pollack, [ip68-9-254-200.ri.ri.cox.net]
Subject: Re: Some questions |
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Jonnie probably was thinking about jigs like the old six and eight ounce and heavier jigs that we use to bounce up and down while drifting for bass and blues. The point of adding weight to the head of a fly is that a normal strip and stop retrieve creates a jigging action. The fly dives head first on the stop and recovers, head first, on the strip. The length and speed of the strip controls the action and, to an extent, the depth of the retrieve.
The Woolly Bugger is a classic streamer. All those big trout on the walls of the walls of the Montana fly shops were caught on Woolly Buggers. And the fly can be dead drifted or retrieved in various manners. But is is also a jig. We tied our Woolly Buggers unweighted, and simply added split shot, jammed right up against the head of the fly, when we wanted a retrieve with an 'up and down' jigging or swimming action.
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