>>1048000>not crushing your barbsheres my advice for better buggers
>tear off the tips of your marabousee how your marabou tips are thin and pointy? it looks better if you lay the tips of your marabou on the edge of your sissors and tear it off before tie-in
>wach your proportionsyour tail is about 1.5x your body length, and while it will probably fish it would look a lot better if you proportioned it a little more carefully.
>less thread wrapstwo over, one under, then two over is as secure as any material will ever get, and doing any more is just adding bulk and burning thread. it took me a long time to get over how little thread it seemed like i was using, but trust me, it will be fine.
>watch the wraps on your hacklemake sure youre spacing it evenly, and youre tying it in facing the right way, and not twisting it.
>crowding the eyethat eye is a little crowded
tightline productions on youtube has a lot of good videos that should be helpful to you
>>1048019the dirt
>>1048052oh come off it
>>1048074its not that fly fishing is better, its that its about so much more than the fish. its not inherently better or more fun, but it is different, and i think it is different in a good way
>>1048139action most notably. most freshwater rods are going to be slow action to moderate fast, most salt water rods are moderate fast to extra fast. aside from that they are pretty much just a fly rod
