Those are bait in every sense of the word... I like!
I want directions dammit!!!
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Those are bait in every sense of the word... I like!
I want directions dammit!!!
They look exactly like wax worms!
Yes they do.
I fished the Farmington today and learned the following:
Lesson learned today, when the water is deep and fast the tip of your fly line becomes a sighter and allows you to fish yet another water type with the same setup. The takes when watching the end of the fly line were easily noticed if you were paying close attention. In the real heavy fast current I had to add another fly with weight to get down. I am still not using the heavy flies that I did not too long ago. Its amazing that every time I come to a water type where I think I am going to find some difficulty with this method I am able to figure out a way to make due while staying in the confines of the rules. All I concentrated on was mending my line in such a way as to not allow the tip section to more. This was much the same way I would fish with the yarn strike indicators.
Also, Davy I am starting to see why you would not want to have a fly used as an indicator in the slower sections. I had a little idea that the fly line could detect strikes but not as easily as it proved to do so today. The more things I try with this the lees there is a need for a traditional strike indicator. The main factor is that you have to give 100 percent attention to every single cast you make. If you fail to pay attention for any part of the drift you might as well just pull it out and re-cast.
Pretty sexy aren't they ;) Maybe, just maybe I'll do a tutorial on it. I'm hesitant though--Aaron will be kicking my butt and taking my place on the team if he gets too many more aces up his sleeve!
Aaron, frog water is a nemesis we all have to face at times--you WILL get a horrendous beat form time to time. We all have our strengths and weaknesses and our favored techniques..the trick is to blend it all together in that type of water. This is where practice comes into play. And remember, we are all individuals--there is never a single best way..only your best approach to a given beat honed by many hours of training. Practice sessions where you bang a ton of fish are great but great too are the sessions where you catch one extremely difficult fish from less than marginal water....maybe a stream that has more chubs than trout--or a god awful beat with nothing but ugly gross frog water over a uniform gravel bottom.
I have such a beat on one of my practice streams--and I frequent that water across all seasons. It's amazing what you can and cannot get away with. One of my favorite ways to fish that stuff is to sight fish with a single nymph. Often just stopping and looking HARD will reveal far more than what you'd neglect to see if you started fishing too soon. Trout will use every little obstruction and depression and ugly water usually harbors far more fish than you'd expect. If you step foot in the water your sunk...but you can pick away at them from the bank pretty easily. I took 8 out of that spot one day under bright sun and very low water conditions...all by sight fishing to individual fish with a single micronymph. It was neat--but man was I exhausted at the end. Amazing how well an 8" wild brown can blend in with gravel in 2 feet of flat water.
Don't neglect terrestrials--a good savage "splat" can actually call fish from quite a distance. But your wading and casting skills will be put to the test. Streamers are also great for deeper, or dirtier water. In places with no defined structure or current seams, fishing nymphs can be daunting. I really prefer to add a trigger offered by streamers and terrestrials.
Don't ignore dry/dropper--for me it is a valuable tool when I have big flat water to cover as it enables me to fish a very long controlled drift.
Loren-
We found some used pink condoms, sell 'em to ya for half price. :o
I like to use an M-80 in frog water, I find that very effective.
Interesting guys, we was using condome flies 20 years ago, all be it latex sheet of different colors, down side of those is UV light destroys them after a while. overall l have to say l did not consider them that good unless we was whacking stockers.
Davy.
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Here's a tease...just tied these up
http://www.flyguysoutfitting.com/ima...mers/vworm.JPG
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Loren, I'm surprised no one has asked this yet, but, um, what brand is pink?
I'll have to go look. I got a bunch from a team mate of mine--never paid attention to what brand. Guess I'd better check before I run out!
Skyland Guide_
Is that DVD available yet? I've had some on order for the fly shop from Rumpf, but they have not come in yet.
the dvd is available i got mine from flytying specalities