2024 fishing thread

[Blacksmith]

Snagged these few w/45# Bear Recurve. Who has the patience to sit on the water and wait for a fish to get hungry ???

 

[Horn]

anyone have any ideas where to get or how to make something like that? Or even what is the rubber stuff used for the legs called? I think it sinks but the main body part could be foam or rubber. It was being used with Gulp! waxies, a sinker like 6 inches up and a slip bobber for panfish

Thanks

 

[Black Titan]

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anyone have any ideas where to get or how to make something like that? Or even what is the rubber stuff used for the legs called? I think it sinks but the main body part could be foam or rubber. It was being used with Gulp! waxies, a sinker like 6 inches up and a slip bobber for panfish

Thanks

The legs look like skirt material like what's on a spinnerbait to me. Not sure about the core that holds it all together.



BT

 

[Black Titan]

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anyone have any ideas where to get or how to make something like that? Or even what is the rubber stuff used for the legs called? I think it sinks but the main body part could be foam or rubber. It was being used with Gulp! waxies, a sinker like 6 inches up and a slip bobber for panfish

Thanks

Closest thing I can find googling is a bluegill spider fly, but these seem like they may be hand tied? Some of them have only a few legs, while others look more like what you posted above.

BT

 

[thedutchtouch]

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anyone have any ideas where to get or how to make something like that? Or even what is the rubber stuff used for the legs called? I think it sinks but the main body part could be foam or rubber. It was being used with Gulp! waxies, a sinker like 6 inches up and a slip bobber for panfish

Thanks

Koosh ball

 

[Nutterbuster]

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anyone have any ideas where to get or how to make something like that? Or even what is the rubber stuff used for the legs called? I think it sinks but the main body part could be foam or rubber. It was being used with Gulp! waxies, a sinker like 6 inches up and a slip bobber for panfish

Thanks

Go on a fly fishing and fly tying supply store like Mad River Outfitters. I can't tell I'd that's a topwater sponge spider or a sinking bluegill bully type fly. But the material is just rubber leg material like folks use for topwater poppers and other flies.

 

[Horn]

Koosh ball

Huh? I R no fisherman lol

 

[Horn]

Go on a fly fishing and fly tying supply store like Mad River Outfitters. I can't tell I'd that's a topwater sponge spider or a sinking bluegill bully type fly. But the material is just rubber leg material like folks use for topwater poppers and other flies.

Thinking it's the sinking bluegill bully type, based on the way it was being used. I did stop by a fly shop today and picked up a few that are similar enough to try. Hopefully they work out, I'm going to give a few ( maybe all ) to a friend who's doing some fishing with his teenage son. Happy to help them.

And thank you for your help

 

[Horn]

Closest thing I can find googling is a bluegill spider fly, but these seem like they may be hand tied? Some of them have only a few legs, while others look more like what you posted above.

BT

Thanks!

 

[Jay_Disarray]

I've kind of went silent on the forums lately, I have been diagnosed and started having the symptoms of sciatica (back pain). This doesn't really make me comfortable climbing trees, so my saddle hunting journey has kinda paused.

However, I went out this spring and sold the kayak, I really enjoyed it, but I just wasn't ever comfortable to stand on it. After a few hours on the lake i like being able to stretch my legs. After 2 canceled orders through Richard's, a sleepless night searching, then 7 hours in a van crossing the state in a rainstorm, I picked up my pond prowler 8 (same thing basically as a Bass Raider, Bass Hunter, Pond Prowler, or Sun Dolphin) . Been out every chance i can get so far, and i have enjoyed it immensely. With a few small builds like a cart, i can wheel it right up to my grand caravan, push the front end in, and then go to the back and slide it right in.

 

[Black Titan]

I've kind of went silent on the forums lately, I have been diagnosed and started having the symptoms of sciatica (back pain). This doesn't really make me comfortable climbing trees, so my saddle hunting journey has kinda paused.

However, I went out this spring and sold the kayak, I really enjoyed it, but I just wasn't ever comfortable to stand on it. After a few hours on the lake i like being able to stretch my legs. After 2 canceled orders through Richard's, a sleepless night searching, then 7 hours in a van crossing the state in a rainstorm, I picked up my pond prowler 8 (same thing basically as a Bass Raider, Bass Hunter, Pond Prowler, or Sun Dolphin) . Been out every chance i can get so far, and i have enjoyed it immensely. With a few small builds like a cart, i can wheel it right up to my grand caravan, push the front end in, and then go to the back and slide it right in.

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Sweet! Those things are awesome. There's some cool videos out there where people have really customized those things. Casting decks, trolling motors, fish finder, I think I even seen one with a live well.

Good luck with the back pain. I have low back problems and have been dealing with them off and on for years. PT, ice, heat, injections all help to manage the pain and symptoms.

BT

 

[thedutchtouch]

Huh? I R no fisherman lol

Google koosh ball. It's a kids toy that I remember from the 80s. I assume they still make them lol

 

[Horn]

Google koosh ball. It's a kids toy that I remember from the 80s. I assume they still make them lol

I remember those!