Hi MT,

Of course I don't think your post and thoughts offensive or argumentative in any way. I think we all try a lot of things and we are all different, not everything is going to work for everyone in the same way, especially when we have different judging criteria.

By the way, thanks for the comment about that fly. It is indeed a killer. Its six inches long. I've caught a lot of lakers with 6-8 inch ciscoes in their stomachs. You should see it move in the water.  Made of sheep hair with angel hair for flash. Molded 3D eyes. As you know, lakers like to follow and sometimes nip the end of the lure/fly. On these flies, I tie on a small stinger using 30lb fireline. Just like on intruder style flies.  The fireline is stiff enough to hold the small #4 hook inline with the rest of the fly, not drooping down like with  mono. Also a lot more abrasion resistant.

Moonman.