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The Angling Company Key West
Приєднався 5 бер 2018
How to tie the tarpon toad
Developed fishing for tarpon in the Keys by Gary Merriman, the tarpon toad remains a standard pattern for tarpon in the Keys and around the world. Learn more about the history of this fly pattern here : www.saltwatersportsman.com/techniques/fly-tying/history-tarpon-toad-fly/
Merriman's version uses a rabbit strip tail, but this one calls for select marabou instead. You can mess around with either option to see what works for you. Of course, you can also mix up the material colors, but this chartreuse and yellow version is a great one to start with. As they say, "if it ain't chartreuse, it ain't no use."
Get everything you need to tie this fly at our online store
store.anglingcompany.com/
Fly ingredients
Gamakatsu SL12S Short #1/0
Fly Master thread in chartreuse
Spirit River Mono Eyes in yellow/large
50lb fluorocarbon or similar (we used Ande)
Wapsi Select Marabou Plumes, Fl. Chartreuse
Hareline Crosscut Rabbit Strips, yellow
Skok Vintage Sparkle Yarn, Fl. chartreuse
Wapsi Fly Tyers Z Ment
Tools
Bobbin
Vise
Pliers
Scissors, straight and curved
Merriman's version uses a rabbit strip tail, but this one calls for select marabou instead. You can mess around with either option to see what works for you. Of course, you can also mix up the material colors, but this chartreuse and yellow version is a great one to start with. As they say, "if it ain't chartreuse, it ain't no use."
Get everything you need to tie this fly at our online store
store.anglingcompany.com/
Fly ingredients
Gamakatsu SL12S Short #1/0
Fly Master thread in chartreuse
Spirit River Mono Eyes in yellow/large
50lb fluorocarbon or similar (we used Ande)
Wapsi Select Marabou Plumes, Fl. Chartreuse
Hareline Crosscut Rabbit Strips, yellow
Skok Vintage Sparkle Yarn, Fl. chartreuse
Wapsi Fly Tyers Z Ment
Tools
Bobbin
Vise
Pliers
Scissors, straight and curved
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Nice work “pardner”.
This is great. Thanks.
Great looking knot. I've used the improved blood knot for years, but need to try this knot for sure. And unfortunately Lefty would be the person to answer who came up with the improved blood knot. Maybe Huff, or Ruoff would also know.
Do you lubricate the improved blood?
Yes lubrication will help it seat properly
Why do you think the knot doesn't have a kink in it ? I always though the kink came from the figure 8 knot and not the hitches. Also, do you put glue or something on the Cobra hitches to finish?
The half hitches contribute to the kink, mostly because they aren't symmetrical. It's true that some huffnagles come out straighter than others, but we found getting a straight connection was helped by the cobra stitches that are symmetrical around the shock. We don't use any glue on the knot. Thanks!
You forgot the Albright in your comparison, a two turn overhand with the Bimini loop threaded through is not as easy to tie as my Duncan Loop Splice!
Doesn’t get much easier. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for showing the knots.
Great video, thanks
Thanks for sharing. Improved Blood using 16/60 has always been a struggle for me. Find this to be much easier and cleaner. #david_seaveeboats
Why did you step down though?
Essentially this allows for a smoother transition of energy from the fly line to fly, allowing the fly to turn over more efficiently
@@theanglingcompanykeywest9544 ok nice
@@juniorholgate4759 If you would like to discuss this in further detail feel free to give the shop a ring!
@@theanglingcompanykeywest9544 honestly dont do fly fishing came across the video this morning so I just subscribed and was wondering why why you stepped down from 40 to 16
Great video!!!
didnt work for shit
Glad to see someone who knows leaders, especially the knots! I live in Montana, so there is a difference between tying a saltwater leader here than in Key West. It's usually not as warm and we don't have any humidity, so to create a more supple knot environment I soak my knots under warm tap water. This way they can be drawn tight so you can trim the tag-ends flush thus there is no weed-catching issues when stripping. Your video offers some Excellent Advice and most anglers would benefit greatly if they watched it. Thanks for sharing and btw I love your store.
He makes me very nervous standing up
hahahaha I do my best to sit down in future videos to avoid making anyone nervous.
What knot on the other side of the class to the leader? also, how many stitches are you doing?
On the other side we use another Bimini twist-otherwise the class won’t be protected on both sides. We usually cut the loop and furl the legs together then blood knot it to the butt section, but you can also tie another cobranagle or a Huffnagle. We do four stitches total, two each way.
@@theanglingcompanykeywest9544 Easy enough, looking forward to testing it out. Thanks for the quick reply.
Sik fly bro
Nice fly, Can I buy the tied fly online?
Hi, Where you get the legs? Thanks
These legs were the round rubber legs from Rainy's. We have them in stock if you need any, give us a call! 305-292-6306 You can use any kind of rubber legs you prefer though.