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    I thank both of you for your suggestions. ...

    I thank both of you for your suggestions.

    Steve
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    Straightening hackle

    I have some bags of inexpensive strung hackle in which the feathers are quite twisted. Is there a technique to straighten/flatten these feathers?

    Steve
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    Google "ODC 420"

    Google "ODC 420"
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    Warren... Thanks for the answers to my questions...

    Warren... Thanks for the answers to my questions about the Nu Canoe. The nearest dealer is in Indiana and I'm in NW Iowa... that's a fair distance away! I was in Eastern Tennessee this past March...
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    Warren... Is there adequate room on the floor of...

    Warren... Is there adequate room on the floor of your 10' model to stash a 7' rod and would it be easily accessible placed there?
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    Nice looking boat... I like the raised seat. In...

    Nice looking boat... I like the raised seat. In your opinion, how will it handle in a good chop on medium sized lakes with significant pleasure boat traffic? Is it a dry boat? It might be what I'm...
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    Thanks

    Thanks
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    hellgramite pattern

    Can anyone direct me toward hellgramite patterns? Thanks.
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    In the neighborhood of 1/16 oz. Medium light...

    In the neighborhood of 1/16 oz. Medium light steelhead rod may be an option I should look at. I admit the diversity of replies have me a little confused... but, I'll continue to sift through them...
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    dudley... I don't have anything "against"...

    dudley... I don't have anything "against" flyfishing. I have been fishing lightly weighted streamer type jigs with spinning gear and wondered if "tweaking" equipment a little might improve my...
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    Thanks for the replies... I'll have to think a...

    Thanks for the replies... I'll have to think a little further.

    Is there a single flyfishing rod/line combination that would be suitable to fish smallmouth with wooly-buggers or other streamers?
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    I don't flyfish now and don't have a desire to...

    I don't flyfish now and don't have a desire to learn to flyfish but do have an interest in presenting light weighted streamers to my local smallmouth. I thought the attributes of a flyrod married to...
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    Flyrod with spinning reel

    OK... I fully expect to get blasted for this question considering this is a flyfishing board, but I'm ready for your indignation and hoping you'll still give me a straight answer. Could I combine a...
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    An engineer, huh... well if you box it up, send...

    An engineer, huh... well if you box it up, send it back to them with that bit of information maybe they'll send it back to you ready to go.
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    I bought my alcohol burner from Cabela's and have...

    I bought my alcohol burner from Cabela's and have been using common rubbing alcohol. Is "denatured" alcohol different than rubbing alcohol and does it burn better?
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    Bluegill... Thank you for providing the...

    Bluegill... Thank you for providing the confirmation I was hoping for.
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    Hans... Thanks for the reply. I had read and...

    Hans... Thanks for the reply. I had read and appreciated your reviews on these two vises. It appears there is nothing unwittingly lacking in my comparison of these two or surely someone more...
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    HMH Standard vs. HMH Spartan

    First, a description of my tying... I tie jigs for smallmouth fishing using rabbit, bucktail and marabou on weightless to 1/4oz jigs having 1/0 to 3/0 hooks. I have no aspirations to tie anything...
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    Sorry for the poor choice of words in my ...

    Sorry for the poor choice of words in my explaination... I'm working on a Crayfish pattern. Thanks
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    Craw pattern bass jig

    I'm trying to develop a craw pattern I can tie on a 1/4 oz. head 3/0 hook jig. Currently I've been using trimmed zonker strips for arms/claws; cross-cut rabbit under bucktail for the body. I'm not...
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