Posts Tagged ‘Boobies’
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Once you get your head around booby fishing you will find that they can be a very versatile fly. They have their day when fished on the surface but really come into their own when fished as part of a team of flies.
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{{+1}}Booby blob{{-1}}
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Both boobies and blobs are each tremendous search flies in their own right particularly for stocked rainbow trout. This fly presents the best of both of those worlds and has the head an tail of a booby and the body of a blob. With a little flash in the tail it's one screamer of an attractor pattern.{{end}}
{{+1}}Bearded booby{{-1}}
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One of the best search flies in slow moving or still deeper water using a sinking line ia a booby. As an alternative Boobies can also be fished as a semi-dry fly on the surface.{{end}}
{{+1}}Straggle fritz booby{{-1}}
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One of the best search flies in slow moving or still deeper water using a sinking line. If fishing from a fixed position cast it out, let the line sink to the desired depth, and then retrieve the line using a constant stripping motion, a pumping retrieve or a combination of both.{{end}}