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Old 21-01-2012, 07:32 AM
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Please let me know your views and experiences on the effectiveness of using Gummy Minnows to catch bass in the UK.

Gummy Minnow vs Clouser?
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Old 21-01-2012, 08:43 AM
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Gummies are a waste of time for Bass in the UK in my experience.
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What he said. They're useless.
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Old 21-01-2012, 10:23 AM
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Not as good, and not a fly!
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Not as good, and not a fly!
Oh dear. Cue the accusations of "traditional snobbery" and talk of cane rods, horse hair lines and dry flies...

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Old 21-01-2012, 10:55 AM
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Hehe
I'm certainly no purist, but a Gummy Minnow is stretching a fly a bit!
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I'm certainly no purist, but a Gummy Minnow is stretching a fly a bit!
....stretching it more than a surf candy?
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A lot more! A Surf Candy has polar bear and bucktail (or more recently synthetic fibres) and epoxy - a gummy minnow has, well nothing like that!
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Old 21-01-2012, 09:40 PM
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Epoxy? Chris what's your definition for a fly?

I'm quite surprised we are having purist conversations on saltwater flies. I'm surprised people feel they have the authority to define it. oh well.. It's a fly for me as much as any other fly made from synthetics, tight lines. X
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It's not a purist conversation, just that you need to draw a line somewhere. Would you want to strap one of these to a hook and call it a fly?

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