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I've seen them whack resin heads over and over - but what a soft head does is collapse when the fish bites down on it exposing the hooks better. The shape of Cam's popper heads leaves a lot of hook exposed. A great source is www.saltwaterflies.com great service and good products. Just make sure your...

80lb between hooks. Personally I prefer a sub-surface presentation but I do know that the Rompin fish seem to prefer a popping head - no doubt the Cam Sigler heads are the best. With a tube fly and a cam Sigler head the hooks are well back so short takes are well taken care of.

Firstly my preference is tube flies and for sails I like to use smaller hooks, a 4/0 SL12 on the front and a 4/o Gamakatsu Octopus on the back - see pic. I join them using snells, so I snell on the back hook, then the front hook with about an inch between them. Because you probably won't be fishing ...

Bernd I fished Homasassa but just for a couple of days and just for tarpon. I can't imagine it being a bonefish or permit destination as the flats are pretty deep, none of that really skinny water.

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Really interesting question. I lead off all my full day classes with a discussion and demonstration of styles. Its a revelation to many students. So YES, particularly when I can see that for many reasons a style just isn't working for them. Sometimes to completely change someones style allows them t...

I really like that trajectory is in here. Poorly understood and not instructed often enough.

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