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| Has anyone bought any of these off Rollie&Helen? How thick is the flashabou and are they tied on a coil? |
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Location: Montreal, Que. Canada | I bought black and lets just say that it's not as thick or full as a D. Cowgirl's skirt but I'm sure that's not going to stop da big stinky musky from making a mess of them!
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| Why not go right to the source?
Rollie & Helen's Musky Shop
7542 Hwy. 51 South
Minocqua, WI 54548
ph 715-356-6011
fax 715-356-5719
E-Mail [email protected] |
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| Wow what a great idea Luke. Call the place and ask??? How novel. Just kidding. I guess it's hard to define thickness on this stuff. I would say it's probably pretty close to what you would find on the Showgirls. Yes, it is on a coil and it's secured by a zip tie. I've tried a couple and it seemed pretty satisfactory. If you don't like tying flashabou yourself (and who does?) it's a pretty good alternative. |
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | Go see Gerry Carrol. He ties the best flash, Mariboo, and buck in the world. If he is the Yoda of Tieing, I'm not even a Jedi! |
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| Musky Mayhem uses "custom" flashabou, currently you cannot buy it from Hedron unless you have an excise tax number, and still then, Musky Mayhem may have an exclusive contract. I know that Dick Moore, from Moore's Tackle is trying to carry some. |
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| Thank you all, i would rather here it from fisherman that have used it than call Rolie&Helen and have them say oh yea its awesome.Just a little more satisfied. |
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| Not trying to give you a hard time Tony. Your question though sounded like you were asking for particular information (how thick, tied on coil) rather than opinions of the performance of the product. |
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| yes true, my bad, how does it look in the water? does it hold up real well? |
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| an upside of flashabou is that many people like the way it flashes, pulses, and "balls-up" behind the blades.
one of the downsides of this is that it tends to tie itself in wraps around hook shanks, etc.
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| No sweat Tony, I tried it on a couple tails I built last fall in the smaller size (think Showgirl) and it worked just fine. Frankly I like tying flashabou myself. I can layer and blend the colors the way I want to. Flashabou tends to be a little trickier to tie than bucktail hair but if you get used to manipulating the material it's just a short learning curve. |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Blades catch fish....flash catch fisherman. |
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