02-16-2010, 03:11 AM
Very nice looking flies. The first one is some what close to what I was tying this weekend. I did not have a tail or the peacock in there and had a different color bead, but yeah, it is close. I am also experimenting with my rod building thread since I have so many colors and I also have metallic thread. It will be interesting to try them out.
That first pic looks like a few things would work. I can see some scuds in there in olive green. With a stomach full of things like that, you just about can not go wrong in picking a fly.
What hook are you using? I have been using a Mustad 3399a in size 16, but I do not like how close the gap is from the point to the shank. I need to find something with a wider gap like yours are in the pics.
I always tend to go smaller than what I see in the water also. I do that for 2 reasons. One is I usually fish with more than one fly which makes it a little easier to cast , and two, it seems the fish are less picky about something that looks right in color but just a little smaller. If it is bigger than anything else they have seen, the fish tend to look else where for dinner.
That bottom pic is some of my favorites for a certain few places I fish. [bob
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That first pic looks like a few things would work. I can see some scuds in there in olive green. With a stomach full of things like that, you just about can not go wrong in picking a fly.
What hook are you using? I have been using a Mustad 3399a in size 16, but I do not like how close the gap is from the point to the shank. I need to find something with a wider gap like yours are in the pics.
I always tend to go smaller than what I see in the water also. I do that for 2 reasons. One is I usually fish with more than one fly which makes it a little easier to cast , and two, it seems the fish are less picky about something that looks right in color but just a little smaller. If it is bigger than anything else they have seen, the fish tend to look else where for dinner.
That bottom pic is some of my favorites for a certain few places I fish. [bob
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