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Originally Posted by txnative
On the buggy whip, a foam bodied mouse pattern can be a blast. You get to deal with the fight entirely by hand, unless the brown is a bruiser that gets on the reel. I also like deer hair bugs, but foam floats better and is easier to cast. Since I tie most of my own flies, I like the ease of use that comes with tying foam flies as opposed to spinning deer hair.
Chris
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A buddy of mine also fishes big zonker style rabbit strip patterns in black the threads a foam popper body on backwards similiar to a T-rigged worm. The body keeps it up and the hair gives great action. If no bite on top he'll take it off and use same fly as a standard streamer.