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ATOMMIK	Home: New York , USA	06/15/2005 10:13

As a trolling fly manufacturer field testing is an ongoing cycle that must be existant to be successful. As times goes on partialness to what works for you becomes commonplace and field test outings get biased by favoring go to colors and items. With this said a while ago I received an E mail from a customer that requested some custom flies with materials that were sure to fall apart, I responded by telling him that there are materials that last longer than others but we use them only mixed in with tougher materials to help with the durability of the flies. The particular colors he wanted were that of durability so we couldn't satisfy his request. I tied up a few flies on the sparse side and sent them along with just 1 of my favorite green crinkle flies I grabbed off the boat that had taken its share of fish and was pretty ugly looking. I received an E mail a week later from this gentleman telling me not to bother to tie him any more custom sparse flies, but he would pay me anything I wanted for my beaten up, proven go-to's. The moral of the story is that its the general consensus of the weathered fisherman that the more worn, tathered, or scraped up lure the better the fish seem to like it.
***Never lose faith in an ugly looking, beaten up, ratty, proven lure, make it your go to item!!!***

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