…I was catching my first striped bass of 2022. The conditions weren’t great — rising barometer, gusty winds, cold, rain showers — brrrr! But you don’t know if you don’t go, and she was right where she was supposed to be. She hit the Rock Island flatwing like a ton of bricks and gave me a couple powerful, short runs. The presentation was a greased line swing, and the hit came about halfway through the delivery.
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Housatonic Fly Fishers reported the same pretty much in advertising their upcoming outing. Got me thinkin!
Though the magic of editing, petty is now pretty. 🙂
Steve;
The Rock Island hybrid you describe has only bucktail or a mix of bucktail and flatwing>
Michael
I think you’re asking me a question, Michael. If so, it’s the latter, specifically a three-feather flawing with some extra bucktail on top. You can find all the pattern detail on this site. 🙂
Nice job Steve
Thanks. I was pleased. 🙂
Do you think that fish was aholdover?
Absolutely.
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