Members diamond dave Posted December 6, 2005 Members Posted December 6, 2005 Went fishing at Taney last night around 11:30pm to 2:00am and had an absolute blast with leaches. It was pretty cold but there was no moon and down by the ledge on almost every other cast I was getting strikes. I caught at least 15 to 20 fish and probably missed another 30 strikes. When it's about 28 degrees as it was last night you can hardly tell when the fish has sucked in your fly. Thanx to Jeremy Hunt for teaching me a new way to strip that leach, (nice and slow); which I learned at the fly tying class, held at Lilleys every Tuesday night. Highly recommend anyone in the area to visit that class. You learn so much there and it's fun just to shoot the breeze and tell fish stories. Funny thing about using leaches is you don't have to switch colors much at all. I caught probably 90% of my fish on a purple leach. Best of Luck, Diamond Dave
Members kayakfisherman Posted December 7, 2005 Members Posted December 7, 2005 Hi Diamond Dave, You wouldn't have a picture available of the purple leech you were using. I have been fishing a brown wooly bugger in the daytime and having been doing very well. Would love to see a leech pattern that worked well for you. Thanks, Bob
Brian K. Shaffer Posted December 7, 2005 Posted December 7, 2005 Good idea in winter.. Leeches! Show the trout a big morsel to eat! Even though they are not found in our water, not from what I can tell anyways, leeches are always gonna take trout -- especially in the dark. I missed Jeremy's class when he tied his version, but here is a version I think will probably hook you up with more fish. Take a sz 8 streamer hook and bend the front half of the hook upwards at a 45 degree angle. Start your thread at the rear. Turn some lead (.20) around the lowest part of the hook shank, as if you are holding the hook in your hands after bending. * Lead goes in and winds up towards the eye, again, starting right at the rear bend where the hook starts to turn down to the point. Do about 6 wraps towards the eye for best weighting. Make a thread dam and close down that wire. Now tie in a piece of copper wire (medium) and then a simple long marabou feather -- but tie it in tip first. Spin the feather a little and wind it up, secure it - then clip it. Now cross wind (going the oppsite direction as you wound the hackle up), cross wind the medium wire and snip it with the back of the scissors. Tie a nice head and gloss coat it. This pattern rides point down / but weight down as well. The stripping or hand twisting motion of retrieval makes the fly always swim EYE UP to the surface, thus creating for a fantastic hook up ratio. Try this out.. it will work for you! best fishes - Brian Just once I wish a trout would wink at me! ozarkflyfisher@gmail.com I'm the guy wearing the same Simms longbilled hat for 10 years now.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted December 7, 2005 Root Admin Posted December 7, 2005 Brian- you need to come over and tie while I take pics... it would help mucho much. Seriously- may be Thursday. I have some of Jeremy's crackleback but he hasn't given me the written part yet.
Members Jayhawk Chris Posted December 8, 2005 Members Posted December 8, 2005 Diamond Dave or Lilley, Would either of you be able to describe via the forum this new way to strip the leech? I get down that way every two weeks or so but generally not until later in the week. However, if I can pull a few strings, I will try to swing by on a Tuesday and learn it directly from the pros
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