A (not so) modest claim about the WoolyMugger

Larry L wrote:
"pittendrigh" wrote


At the Paradise Valley Spring creeks, south of Livingston
MT, on a cloudy day and after the hatches (if there are any)
you can fish these guys in the deep fast water below the
various culverts. They'll pull up 2-3 browns over 20" long
at each culvert. You don't always get them hooked, but they
always chase and bite.



If you were going to tie such a goodie for "SINGLE barbless hook" waters ...
which hook? My guess is the rear, but I really don't have a clue where a
trout would bite such a wiggler

In my experience (mainly in Idaho) the "single barbless hook" rule is
meant to forbid treble hooks and the like, not rigs with two single
barbless hooks. In Idaho, for example, you're allowed to use up to FIVE
single barbless hooks in one rig. (I don't recommend it, especially if
you're landing the fish with a net.)

Whether one "lure" having two hooks is a violation is an interesting
question that, AFAIK, has not been resolved.

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