Tubing Horsepower

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This is a dual thread. The first reference to horsepower is to thank Tube Dude for turning me on to pony jigs. The trout at my local stillwater were hammering a brown sparkly one with a brown marabou tail. The Dude graciously sent me a number of small ponies last year. These ones I can actually fling on my 4 weight flyrod overlined with my new Stillwater line that S. A. sent to replace the coil prone one I returned to them. The succesful lure had a small brass spinner and professional sparkly TubeDude finish. The trout chased it aggressively when i cast it into the shallow water areas. For a brief moment I had a real "hog" on. It was a rainbow that would have gone 7 or 8 pounds.

The other reference to horsepower is I retried some diving fins that I used to use until I aquired my Gliderider tube. When I bought that tube I got a pair of those white bladed "ported" fins that are sold to tubers. I noticed I had a more powerful kick with those diving fins. The downside is that they have a full foot pocket with a heel and are a little more difficult to get on and off a stocking foot wader. I may have just reaquired my "lust" for the Mare Plana Avantis that Tube Dude and Zonker use. Problem is they are well over a hundred dollars here in Canada.

My diving fins are bright turquoise green and highly visible. Do you think that matters to the fish?
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