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Location: Kodiak, AK | Tried a search, and found a thread on "how" but not "why" one should use coils on a bucktail. I've been tying flies for almost 15 years, and other than tube flies, we always just tie to the hook. Why not just tie the Flashabou or bucktail to the shaft? |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Tying flashabou, etc. to a coil offers some advantages, the least of which is that it offers a ribbed surface for the thread and material to adhere to. If you lay down a bed of thread it will settle into the grooves of the coil and not shift when the material you're tying is secured to it. Another advantage would be when you want to "re-shaft" the bait after it gets bend or damaged it is relatively easy to make the transition.  |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Dah......gotcha. |
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| Plus, with the pull of the bigger blades, the dressing tied directly to the wire will get pushed down and crushed |
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Location: Hayward WI | And, if you tie directly to the hook, when you need to cut hooks out of a fish, the bucktail worthless.
Edited by erico 7/31/2009 12:50 PM
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| Tying directly to the hook also gives you a smaller length tail overall as well. You cannot tandem it ties to hooks either. I make my own silicone skirts for bucktails, I use 15lb wire line double looped through a crimp, pulled tight and them crimped down. Works well. |
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Why use coils on bucktails?