Adam,

Good to hear you're getting another trip. I'm skipping that this year in
exchange for a float in Alaska.

As to keeping the hook up, the clouser eyes do a good enough job, but the extra
weight along with the bunny can make the casting even harder. I like to tie in
s bucktail throat, and use flotation to invert the fly. Now that I think more
about it, I haven't used inverted hooks much for pike because their head can be
a bit tender and I'd rather hook them in the lip or jaw.

Why do you want the hook up?

Chas
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