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Offline TheHunt

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Making fishing rags with backer rod
« on: February 07, 2012, 07:15:09 PM »
Is this worth the effort? 

Heck, I already have pink worms, spoons, spinners, jigs, corky's, ez-eggs,...
 
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Re: Making fishing rags with backer rod
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2012, 07:21:18 PM »
Nope! just use some yarn on the hook with a corky heck of a lot easier than trying to get the rags all done up!

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Re: Making fishing rags with backer rod
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2012, 07:59:37 PM »
If you don't you will need them sometime. Nothing worse than the guy down river who is crushin em with the gear you left at home. They're easier and quicker to make than a jig and weigh next to nothing so why not? :twocents:
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Re: Making fishing rags with backer rod
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2012, 08:13:04 PM »
What do you make them from?

WHITE backer rod
BLACK backer rod

1/2 inch diameter backer rod
3/8 inch diameter backer rod

1 inch length backer rod
3/4 inch length backer rod

I assume glow bug yarn
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Re: Making fishing rags with backer rod
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2012, 08:22:52 PM »
White, 3/8", 3/4". Check out the globug uv bling yarn.
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Re: Making fishing rags with backer rod
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2012, 07:11:28 AM »
That bling yarn is hard to come by over in Puyallup.  Sportco, Warehouse Sports, Cabelas...  `
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