Jeremy Hunt

Glass Midge Recipe: Hook: Tiemco 200R, size 16-22 Thread: UTC 70 Red Body: Stretch Tubbing (depending on the size of the hook will determine the size tubbing) Rib: UTC 70 Red Tying Instructions: Step 1. Cut about an inch of stretch tubing. I’m using a bigger hook so I can take a good picture so I’ll be using medium on a size 18. Step 2. Once you have the tube slid almost over you’ll need to cut the front of the tubing. Make sure you get the measurement right so you don’t have too much tube on the hook shank. Step 3. Start the thread in the back and cut the excess off. Go light on the wraps and tie them on top of each other. Cut the tag off. Step 4. Wrap the thread forming segmentation on top of the tubing. Make sure you space them evenly to get the right look. And you’ll add a little tension when wrapping up. Step 5. Whip finish and glue the head.

Clouser Minnow Recipe: Hook: Mustad 34007, size 2-6 Thread: Danville 210, White Wing: Bucktail Flash: Krystal flash (color to match bucktail) Eyes: Weighted eyes (Barbell style) Tying Instructions: Step 1. I will say that I’m known for doing this wrong too. A lot of tiers sometimes tie the eye to close to the eye of the hook. Notice where I placed my thread. The reason why you need to tie the eye back a little further has to do with the bucktail. When you fold it over the eye and tie it down, you need to be able to tie it down to where it won’t slip out from not tying enough of the bucktail down. You have to be able to tie back a little bit so the bucktail is secured. Step 2. Tie a little thread base first so the eye don’t slip and it will lock them in better. To learn more about how to tie the eye in properly go to Taneycomo sculpin and read about it there. There’s a correct way that the eye needs to be tied in so they don’t spin after you fish it for a little bit. Of course the key is Sally Hansen Hard as Nails. That seems to be the best stuff for tying in eyes (barbell) with a post in the center of the eye. Step 3. When measuring the right bucktail to be tied in. There is a right way and a wrong way when it comes to selecting the right hair. When choosing the right hair you need to cut more on the upper portion of the tail. The closer you get to the bottom then the more hollow the hair is which will cause it to flare when you go to tie it in. You also need to work with the hair so you don’t have any short pieces when you tie it in. What I do is cut more off and regroup it by measure just the longer pieces and get rid of the shorter ones. Tie the hair directly behind the eye. You always do the top which is the belly and then the bottom. Make about three turns in the same spot. Then you’ll wind back about three turns spacing them. You shouldn’t tie all the way to the bend either. Once you get to the back make about two turns and then advance the thread back up behind the eye. When you get to the back make sure you don’t tie it down so hard that it flares. You’ll have to learn how much tension to apply with the thread. Just play with it and you’ll understand what I mean. Step 4. Once you’ve tied back up behind the eye. Advance the thread in the front of the eye and fold over the bucktail and tie it down. Make enough wraps to secure it, but not too many because you still have more bucktail to tie in which will build up the head at the end. Showing you the close up on how to make the x’s when tying back on the bucktail and then back up. Step 5. Rotate the hook over and tie in some flash. It’s up to you on how much you want to tie in. I like to tie in two colors to match the colors of bucktail I’m tying in. I also fold mine around the thread and then tie it in. This will help secure it and it’s easier to do it that way. Step 6. Measure the bucktail to the same length as the belly. Make an even cut and tie it in front of the eye. Make sure when you tie it down no pieces of bucktail are hanging in front of the eye. That’s why when I make a cut it’s real close to my fingers. You seem to have better control as far as tying it down. Keep the bobbin short too. That will help with the thread control. Step 7. After you’ve tied down the bucktail make a nice cone shape head. Step 8. Whip finish the fly and glue the head. I prefer using epoxy and go back a little so it touches the bucktail. If you don’t have epoxy your next best bet is gloss coat. They sell it in an applicator bottle which is real handy. Head cement is not good and I would recommend not buying that anymore. Trust me on this.

Popper Frog Recipe: Hook: Pencil Popper Set (style # PPR, size 1,2,4) Thread: Danville 210 (color to match body) Tail: Chartreuse marabou; pearl and chartreuse krystal flashabou; chartreuse bass/saltwater rooster necks Legs: Round rubber (medium) Collar: Chartreuse grizzly hackle Body: Hard foam colored with prismacolor markers then coated with epoxy Eyes: Flat stick-ons Tying Instructions: This is the best thing that come out since sliced bread. Your local fly shop can order these for you. They're real easy to work with and the skies the limit on how creative you can get. Step 1. When prepping these you’ll need a razor blade to cut in the groove that’s on the underside of the foam. What you have to accomplish in this step is to be able to get the hook to push up all the way in the groove without showing any of the shank. It needs to sit flush. Step 2. With prismacolor markers paint the foam to the desire look you want. Make even strokes and only go one direction. You can go over it again to make the color stand out more. I first do the color that is going to be the most and then the second and so on. Then on the belly I make a little red at the front. This will trigger more fish. All fish identify red and will key in on it. Step 3. Now make little circles on the sides. You can do whatever you want. The skies the limit and these are actually pretty fun. It reminds me of being in kindergarten all over again. LOL Step 4. Depending on what type of marabou you use will really determine how long and good it will look for the tail. There’s three types of marabou on the market and the one that is the best for tying popper type patterns is the select marabou. The second would be strung marabou and thats typically what most people have. The third is the newest to come out on the market which is called wooly bugger marabou and that’s to short. The other two I mentioned will work, but the select looks the best and really fans out nicely. It comes with a long stem and you peel the marabou from it. You only need one piece to do the trick. Tie it in right behind the foam head. Wind back a little and create a base for the rest of the material to be tied in. The hardest part is to get the hackle right to create the legs. Step 5. Next you’ll tie in two set of rubber legs and two will be on each side of the marabou. Wrap them around the thread and then tie them in. Step 6. Now tie in about 8-10 strands of flashabou. I also wrap these around the thread and then tie them in. Now you should have double the individual strands to 16-20. After you’ve tied them in fan them out to be all over (on the sides and the top). I think these are the best necks to use when it comes to hackle for the legs on all bass poppers. They come in a lot of colors as well. Step 7. This is the most difficult step out of all of them. You’ll need to select a total of four hackles. Two on each side. Prep them before you tie them in. Match them up so the hackles are kicking out and even at the tips. Tie all of them together on top of the hook shank and make about six turns. Once you’ve tied them in you can maneuver them on each side of the hook. Then make a few more turns securing them down so the won’t shift. This is what the legs should look like. Step 8. Now select two strands of chartreuse grizzly hackle. You’ll want the hackle that is webby and you can find that at the back of the neck on the very top of if it. You don’t want stiff barbs or it will look like dry fly hackle. You want hackle that will lay back a little. Step 9. Wrap one at a time and you’ll use the whole feather. Tie off and cut the excess and do the same thing to the other one and cut the excess off. Make a few more turns securing everything down and whip finish the fly. Glue the thread also. Step 10. Stick the eyes on and put a light coat of epoxy all the way around the foam. Once you do this the colors will come to life. Epoxy really brings out the color.

Dan Bailey's sells 1000 ct, but you have to go through your local fly shop. The 2499's are going to be tricky. I've been trying to get those for awhile. I don't think anyone can get thousand counts on those yet. If you find some, let me know also.

I think it has to due with sediment. I’ve been fishing here for a while and I think when loose gravel (fine sand rocks) seep (erode) away then the bank is going to join. So loose gravel and then bigger rocks on top as everything to do with it. It just gave away from high generation over the years. I know they filled it in a while back, but it’s been awhile. Most likely it will happen again.

Your welcome. I'm glad to hear it. I wanted those steps to be very clear and not leave anything out. I understand as a beginner how easy it can be to not understand a step because they left out the information. It can be so frustrating sometimes. Right now I'm working on all of John Barr's patterns with step-by-step instructions and should have them all up in a week or two. These patterns are great for fishing around here or should I say anywhere. Here lately I've been getting more into realistic patterns so I should have some of those up as well.

We won't be able to do webcast, but I will have an article on what we tied that week along with step-by-step instructions on the patterns. You'll have to go to my tying page for the tutorials and they'll probably be posted the day after class unless I’m guided and then it will be the next time i get time. But they will be there.

Well everybody, I have GREAT NEWS!!! For everyone that has been going to my classes in the past. I must say we got the location of them all. Which will be at the Shepherd of the Hills fish hatchery in the main building where they have the T.U. Meetings. We will have class on the second and forth Tuesday of every month. This should be a steady thing and I’m looking forward to it. So for everyone that was wondering when and where we were going to have class again, well now you know. It took some time getting this all arranged, but thanks to John Miller at the Hatchery we now have a great building to have class. Right next to the river and we can also have functions before class. Like on stream skills workshop, etc. Another thing that we will do once this is up and rolling is have outings to other rivers in the areas with the flies we tied as a group. If you would like to come to class all you need to do is let me know so I can plan ahead for class. If you don’t have a vise I have three so I can help some people out on that, but it’s a first come first serve basis. I will furnish all materials except for the basics. Which is bobbins to hold the thread, scissors, whip finisher and the most important thing the vise to hold the hook. You get to keep what you tie. What we will tie for Febuary 12th - 26th We will work on shad patterns for the shad kill. Since the lake turned over then that means the shad kill can happen any day now. These shad patterns will also work for warm water species so you don’t want to miss out. If you’re a beginner these classes are for you as well. You can either watch or join in. It’s really up to you. Here's the patterns we will tie for Febuary Davy Wotton Shad Floating Shad Marabou Streamer Pencil Popper Shad Here’s what John had to say… Jeremy: Thank you for following up on the use of the Shepherd of the Hills Conservation Center for fly tying classes. As I mentioned before, we will start in February 2008 and go with the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays each month at 7pm. I am glad we will have the opportunity to provide more fish-related programs in the Conservation Center. I am looking forward to having this be a regular event.

<If a guide comes to a forum and talks about business ethics and self promotion of his business, especially since he stated he was leaving the forum, he should at least be able to take the good/bad comments that follow. That's the way I look at it, I could be wrong though.> Rusty, I didn't think so, and you’re welcome. I didn't really understand your reply earlier or what you meant by that. Yes, I don't do much on the forum, but I do come back when there's something good to read. However I do know who everyone’s talking about and I thought I should say what I felt. I'm not perfect nor do I want to be.. I will always speak my mind whether people agree with it or not. And I do take the good with the bad. That's how we learn from our mistakes. I'm just not going to let someone say (Bman) something like that without defending myself. Like am4mu said, You can point the finger, but there's always two side to every story. I left the forum for other reasons we won't bring up. Phil's a great guy and I respect him greatly. Sometimes people have to go there separate ways though. With saying that I still revolve in this world and will always be a part of fly fishing and these forums. I have my own things going on and will keep perusing my dreams and sharing it with the world. Maybe I’ll meet you on the river one day and we can shake hands.

Rusty, Do you know me?

Rusty, did you read what Dano said.

Thanx Dano. I sent him a personal message as well regarding this.

<And I have to respond to this one.I have been biting my lip since the start of this topic. Mr Hunts reply put me over the edge. During early Oct I was fishing during the afternoon with 2 units running.I was wading waist deep in the flat area just below outlet 3.Sharing the water with two other gentlemen,we were all spaced a fair distance apart.The fish were midging like crazy in that slower back water area.Mr Hunt ran two fly fishermen by boat up to the area between rebar and shute 2.On the drift Mr Hunt deliberatly manuvered the boat so close to the two other waders that they could not even cast.They could have easily smacked Mr Hunt with their 9 ft fly rods,and I'm sure they were considering doing just that.Then Mr Hunt procceded down to cut in front of me,again the boat was so close I could have touched it with my flyrod.The boat was directly between me and the fish I was targeting.There was no apologies from the boat,they didn't even acnowledge my presence.Just Mr Hunt telling his other two in the boat"those fish are midging like crazy" I wonder how the two Mr Hunt was guiding felt having been placed in that situation,being that rude to other flyfishermen. I was blown away by this behaivior,ruining an otherwise beautiful fall afternoon.> Bman, Well, I have to defend myself on this one. First of all I want to say, I never did that intentionally. The way I see is... there was water running yes, and you were wading way off the bank (30ft) a little ways out and there was plenty of room behind you for me to go fish that spot. I did respect your water and even said sorry we have to around you. And your reply was (and you call yourself a guide). To me that's no way to approach the situation. It seems like to me you couldn't way to say something. It was almost like you told yourself that if this guy comes over I'm going to say something. You are the only person I've ever had a situation like this with on the river. You were fishing the opposite side and were throwing out in the current. I watched you guys before I made a pass through the water. So I felt it was alright for me to make a drift. Another thing is you don't own the whole stretch of the area you were fishing. There was plenty of room and you know that. If you would have said hi, then I can bet you like Greg and many other people would have you would have met a nice guy who would have told you how to catch those fish. The best fishing was behind you so I had to go fish it because you weren't and there were a lot of fish to be caught. I'm glad I know who it was now. It sounds like to me you have a personal problem with me and if you do me you can give me a call 417-294-0759. I would love to settle this. My apology for crowding you out and like I said, you and I both know it wasn't intentional. The moral of the story is. My goal is to share this sport with people just like you and I who want to learn. I’m very passionate about the sport and my approach to this whole thing is to share it with people on the river and for all who want to learn. If you talk to people like Greg they will tell you exactly that. I built a site for the people and spill the beans just to help everyone. So I guess you could say I if my intentions were to be dick on the river more people would be saying just that. And I wouldn’t go out of my way and wouldn’t have said sorry to you when I did make a pass. I thought you would’ve been more understanding. It’s not like a put an anchor out and parked on your water. I made a pass thinking it would be ok because you weren’t even fishing the water we passed through. My bad and I’ll be the first to say it. I hope you understand, but if you don’t I can’t please everyone. All I can do I defend myself on this.

I had to respond to this one. I agree that if you’re fishing a spot it’s only fair you wait your turn. It’s not that hard to figure out if someone’s fishing there you go somewhere else until your spot opens up. It’s common since and who cares if they’re paying customers. To be honest with you most my clients wouldn’t want to deal with fishing that close to someone (especially if you’re teaching them). One more thing if you’re a guide you shouldn’t have to depend on one spot. You should be able to put your clients on fish anywhere on the river. If not, maybe you should do some more homework just in case you have this situation again. If it was me I would’ve left and went somewhere else. I believe any profession you’re in you should always lead by example and set the example. And it’s also sad that a guide would actually shuffle to put clients on fish. Taney is a very forgiving river and these trout aren’t that hard to catch. Just my two cents. JH

Great report and honestly, that is well put. I think the same way. Anyone who fishes needs to remember that trout will feed on other stuff better depending on the conditions of the water. I also have a theory. Trout relate to the same flies in low water as they do in high water. The only difference is the amount of speed the current is and being able to see the flies from far enough away to go over and take a look. Loud colors get fishes attention and that's really important when fishing high water. If you throw a midge or something so small, you tell me how they can see that from far away. You would almost have to put it right in front of their face to get them to hit it. One thing I do know is most of what works in low water whether it's a midge or an egg pattern etc will work in high water you just have to go bigger in size. Throw bigger scud's midges and whatever else you think will work, but loud colors get fishes attention and that's the way it will always be. My Webpage

October 4th 2007 Night Fly Fishing Below The Dam Ok, before I go any further. This has to be one of the best days in my life as far as fishing on Lake Taneycomo. I have had fish on this big, but never landing one until now. I hope everybody is sitting down while they’re reading this because this story is a good one. From having trips pretty much everyday for the last couple of weeks I have been watching and hearing these big browns jumping in the same spot. My goal was to finally get a night where I could get out there and try to fish for one of these big browns I keep hearing and seeing during the day. While we were gearing up at home getting ready to go night fishing. I was talking to my fiancée about these fish and how I really thought we were going to get one. It was her first time night fly fishing and for those who know me then some of you already know that my fiancée is six months pregnant. Yes, we have a baby boy on the way and his name is River Kingston Hunt, but to be pregnant and want to go nighttime fly fishing your first time ever told me this was the right girl for me. You know as I’ve been working on getting her up to this level I thought she was ready to give it a shot. One thing about Summer is she has some luck on her side. About four months ago I took her to Rim and her first time fishing there she plugs into a 24 inch brown being her first brown ever caught on a fly rod. So as we were on our way to the river I told her since she had all this luck on her side she could come down here and stick a nice brown. We were really making small talk and like most people wishing that story could come true, it did. The first thing I wanted to do is take her down to the boat ramp and stand on the edge and watch her cast and try to help her feel the load so she could get the hang of her cast before we made are way up top. She was doing really well right off the bat so we didn’t stick around long before we decided to park up by the chutes and hope we could fish the big hole starting off. Well we didn’t get that lucky and for some reason I’m glad because we probably wouldn’t have got the fish we did. It’s really about being at the right place at the right time. Or should I say this night it was everything. As we were walking down to the point I noticed two people at the end of the big hole and a few people just past the rebar hole. So the only spot we had was in between the two. So we walked out just past the gauntlet hole and started fishing. I tied her on a black wooly with a gold bead and I was fishing my go to night pattern the electric blue boogaloo. I started out fishing with her behind me so she could understand the presentation and what to look for when a fish strikes. I really wanted to emphasize to her how important it was to get the hook set down right or she was going to lose every fish. After making a few casts and swinging my fly with slow strips she was ready to do it on her own. She walked up about twenty feet from me and started fishing. We both had two different flies tied on trying to see which ones were going to do the trick. We both had a few hits missing them, but one good thing was it wasn’t the one that counted. So I’m glad she got her practice down on the little ones. After about ten cast working the same water I decided to switch up and throw another one of my patterns that I had a lot of luck on. This one was a wooly bugger tied on a TMC 5263 with a black tail, black hackle, and tinsel flash chenille in olive for the body. The second cast I hooked into something big and I knew it was because of the weight of him I was feeling on my 6wt Sage XP I was throwing that night. It really never ran to hard just hanging around in the water swimming back and forth. It took about ten minutes to land and I didn’t use a net. I think it’s easier to beach these bigger ones. This fish probably went between 10-11 pounds with a 20 inch girth. One of the biggest rainbows I’ve seen in a long time with a girth that big. You hear people say that fish looks like it swallowed a football and in this case it clearly shows. All I can say was what a fish and I would’ve been content with that fish the rest of the night if I didn’t catch another one. After releasing this fish I wanted to tie on the same pattern for Summer to see if we were on to something. I actually gave her my hole that I just caught that rainbow in so she could have a shot catching her first trout at night. I recently bought her a new Sage SLT 5 wt and it was her first time to fish it. So I walked down about twenty feet and started fishing again and I heard a splash and asked if it was a fish on the end of her line and as I was talking to her she told me it got off. So I told her to make sure she sets the rod down toward the water to turn the fly in the corner of the fish’s mouth. I would say her next cast she told me she had a fish on again and it felt big. I immediately started to real in my line to get it out of the way and while I was walking out of the water coming her way she again told me it felt big and if I would take the rod to see if it was big. Once I grabbed the rod this fish takes off and goes into the backing within a few seconds. I knew this fish was big I just didn’t know how big. I knew there were two guys still down at the big hole and so I hollered to them and told them to move because this fish was heading downstream. I actually was running downstream with this fish as I was telling them. I didn’t want this fish to get too much distance between us or it would’ve been ten times harder to land. And come to find out it was Leonard guiding a client. I’m glad it was because he was very understanding. So I was standing at the end of the point where the water drops off into a deep pool and new this fish was mine. I wish Summer would’ve landed this fish but she was scared and panic when she hooked and needed help and that is my job to take care of my honey. It was a team effort and it took about twenty minutes to land. It only ran hard once and hung out there fighting to the bitter end. One thing is if we would’ve caught this fish during the day it would have done twice the damage. They’re a lot easier to land at night that’s for sure. Once we caught this brown in we took measurements got a few pictures of it and released it to see another day. This brown was caught on 3x Rio fluorocarbon and it measured 29 inches with a 18 inch girth. I guess you could say Summer has something on her side when it comes to these big fish. That’s a good thing and I think I’ll take her more often. I am so proud of her and I don’t know any girl who has ever caught a fish this size in Taney or should I say in a public river system here in the Ozarks. I also think this is the biggest one I’ve heard being caught this year at night. I would say these fish went between fifteen and eighteen pounds. What a fish and what a story. One more thing these fish were caught within ten minutes of each other. We ended the night with this because it needed to end with this one. I don’t think we could’ve caught anything bigger and who wants to catch a dink after something like that. We wrapped it up around 12:30 am. I’m going out tonight with one of my clients who caught a six pounder with me about a month ago. He also has luck on his side so we might have another story to tell. I’m heading to the conclave tomorrow so I’ll let you know how we do on the White. I plan on fishing while I’m down there.

Thanx Thom

If you look at the pic, it shows my hands are NOT all the way erxtended as Everyone is incinuating.....thanks for your support...im over it! Kind Regards, Jeremy see you on the river!

Yes that is correct, it's a great marketing strategy. And who wants to look at a fish from far away. I also like up close pictures so I can see the differences in each trout. How big do you think this trout was? Just curious.

Why yes it is, if you go to my site and go to fly fishing reports you can read the rest of the story. Hows the casting coming?

I caught this brown in the deeper water down by KOA around 2:45 am. It took a holographic style wooly in a size 8. I was surprise that this fish didn’t fight harder. And I actually landed this fish with the line I already had out. He didn’t take anymore off the reel.

Hey Leonard I’m glad you’re living your dream. Good luck and keep writing those reports. See you on the water.

Tie mouse in carabou, they seem to fall a little under the flim and create a great wake. Easy to tie and what a explosive hit. jh

I would have to say everywhere, I have seen them up top right now. I think there are more browns in the upper part then the norm. My father hook into a 6 pounder today but lost it on the hook set. You just have to be out there to know where they are. I know right now there are a few in the 26 inch range down by the boat ramp.