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Purple Taco Flies!!! An Epiphany!! (or short story
chip77 
 		  Port: Brest Bay, Lake Erie   03/24/2005 20:01
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As I sit at night going over my equipment for this year and throwing out some "used up" equipment from last year, I stumbled across some of my gear that I had thrown in a bucket "in the heat of the moment" while fishing the big pond. Lo and behold, I came across quite a few Purple Taco flies that had seen better days........and I remember well why they look the way they do.
Dateline: Ludington, 1st weekend of August, 2004.
My brother-in-law Rick and I are chasing the silvers.....the dipseys are out, the riggers are riggin' and the silvers were hittin!!
(From the tangled mass at the bottom of the bucket I pull three of my favorite PT flies and caress them fondly, 'cause the memories of that trip come flooding back.) Those poor flies didn't have a chance running off the rigger behind a dodger and the Ridgeback, a dipsey, or a slider!! I remember why they ended up in the bottom of the bucket. After about 4 Kings and Steelies mouthing them (those nasty fish ) I thought it prudent to change out to new ones. And we all know that you have to maintain the "flow" when the fish are jumpin in the boat, so with reckless abandon, I relegated these faithfull friends to the "heap".
Needless to say I have quickly checked my stock of Purple Taco Flies and figure I have enough to get me through the first two weeks of fishin'.
Curt, keep 'em coming!! I hear you have some new and interesting patterns and colors for this year...oh boy!!
Best,
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