Great day at the Bay

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Nice work.  A fliggin' good time.  Tugs is drugs...even if they are only from those lowly catfish.  Tell Ira the price just went up on his "pinky pinks".  

Oh yeah, I also wanted to ask about leader lengths.  I had a discussion with Ira on that a few days ago and wondered if you guys had changed it up a bit.

I might have to get another batch of 6, of pinky pinks myself, even with a new leader, one cat cut my line on the way in. On my next cat, with the three dot chartreuse, I checked my leader and it broke, it was amazing I got that cat in. On my next cat on that flig, it got it inside it's mouth and it really got torn up, trying to get it out and that was one of the samples you gave me, so I'll need 6 of those as well. Yes, we shortened our leader the ones we were using were 12 to 15"  in length. By the way, I got some intel, on some jigs, that are working well for one of the Willard regulars. I'll send you a PM about that and the fligs I'd like to order.

Amazing how pink has become such a good color...for so many species.  But there's almost something obscene about seeing an ugly ol' catfish wearing a pink lip ornament.  

I'm guessing shortening your leaders in the cooling water probably helped your catch rate.  But I think you need to find a new leader material.  At Willard I use 14# Silver Thread Excalibur and I have NEVER lost a fish to a broken leader or a failed knot. And I seldom retie during a day of fishing either.  It is very abrasion resistant.  Only problem is that they don't make it any more.  I still have a pretty good sized spool of it but their new "Super Silver Thread" is supposed to be a good replacement.  

Dunno if Ira told you but I sold off all my jig making stuff...including hooks.  However, I can still make some fligs by "recycling" the hooks on older models I haven't used and won't use.  Plus, I still have some of the heavier hooks for making either tailed or tailless.  And I can still make the wired ones.  Lemme know.