I like tying Lightning Bugs, Prince Nymph, Copper Johns, etc. on 1/124th oz. jig heads. The fish seem just as willing to take the fly and they do not seem to hang up as often. Last week after working my customary 3/4 mile section of the Chattahoochee River I notice the head of the fly looked like it had been worked on with a little biddy hammer. I noticed yesterday, before I left it on a log to amuse the trout this week, the same thing had happen. The Hooche is a fairly gently flowing river with several shoals, a small rapids area and the usual assortment of large rocks and fallen timber but apparently that is all it takes to hammer a lead, although plated, jig flat.
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