I have been tying with EC jig hooks based on recommendations from Dan Blantons board. I am also using the Loon red fly paint to make beads behind the eyes ala Jay M. These look great. I notice from a photo that Jay puts his flash on top (when the hook is turned over). Can you comment on that Jay? I put my flash in the middle and tie many flashtail style but using krystal flash instead of flashabou. Comments? I have also been using slinky fiber, flash and blend instead of bucktail, since I think it holds up better to toothy fish. On my recent Belize trip, we caught more fish on clousers than anything else. The best were the ones that got sparser and sparser as we caught more fish and lost more of the slinky or bucktail. I anchor the flash like Jay wrote about in a tying article. At the end of the day some of the best flies were just a few stands of slinky and lots of krystal flash.
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