fly box for Taney

[jOrOb]

I have been tying G bugs for a while now, but I have always hesitated to post the pattern since it isn't mine. But then, noone showed me how to tie it, so I guess my pattern is mine.

I tie them on nymph hooks, not curved hooks. I tried it both ways, and I think the straight hook works better. Might be just me.

I like some lead in mine, but I like to under weight them so that I still need some shot to get it where I want it. Better control that way.

Add a tuft of marabou, tie in a ostrich herl, dub a thin body (just cover the lead wraps), then palmer the herl about 5-6 turns is usually enough.

My two favorites are a light tan and a medium gray with black body dubbing. Also, I tie one with gray marabou and grey dubbing, and I palmer furnace hackle (like a little wooley).

Great pattern for me with some water on. I don't tie them small enough to fish on the dead low water. I rarely tie them below 16, but I know others that tie them down to 20-22 and use them year round.

I would say Dano has a good start on a fly box, but I would have some of those scuds in tan as well. I recommend the trout crack or herl scud. You can find both patterns here.

Taneycomo trout see scuds and midges year round, so they will always feed on those things.

jOrOb

[Randall]

thanks bud... hate to ask more, but does anybody know what it imitates?

[Brian K. Shaffer]

I believe you have to really cast a bunch for this Gpattern too, from what I have been told. You gotta get a bunch of the little G bugs to crawl up and out of thier homes for this pattern to work to its full effectiveness.

They like being slowly worked too.. in fact.. they like a little ..

Forget it.

Brian

[Wayne SW/MO]

I've tied them for several years under the alias Ostrich Leech, but I've always tied mine in 14 and 12. I throw this out because while you're tying you might want do some in a larger sizes, and with a longer tail, I think then the G-bug.

[jOrOb]

The G-Bug is a scud imitation as far as I know. I personally use it like a scud.

[Phil Lilley]

Maybe it's like a puff ball... an egg fly tied on a jig head and fished under a float suspended. What is that imitating?????

They're deadly.

[Bill McC]

I would like to thank everyone for the replies. Sorry it took me so long. I have been at a softball tourney in Kansas City and then my 3 day work schedule. Once again thank allot. Will be tying some of these tomorrow.

BillMc

[Donald/Scotland]

Bill,

If you are looking for soft hackle patterns here are quite a few listed under Spiders & Wingless Wets :-

http://www.dtnicolson.dial.pipex.com/

Hope you find what you want.