Originally Posted by
MCC
Howzit Gary
Well, the heaviest control flies that I carry weigh two grams.
These bombs are tied with two 3.8 mm Tungsten beads, three 3.3 mm Tungsten beads and about ten centimetres of .20 lead wire.
These patterns are tied on #4 Mustad circles with a very thin covering of Hare's dubbing and a shellback of shrimp foil.
A bit expensive, but well worth having.
I also tie 1.7 gr, 1.4 gr, 1.1 gr, 0.7 gr and 0.5 gr control flies. Presentation at exactly the right depth is always possible.
Cheers
MC
MC,
Out of interest do you catch any fish on the 2gr sinkers ?
Thanks,
Darryl
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