Tying Video: Galloup's Articulated Barely Legal

[fishinwrench]

the Angel Hair would make a sexier fly in 'my eyes' but a fish isn't going to point and say "that fly has Estaz, and that fly has Angel Hair"......do you think?

I dunno if they say it.....but they sure seem to act on it when I am behind the rod. LOL

Brian, yeah I know it's just one of those quirks I have accidentally developed. I don't know what it is with me but if a fly has eztaz on it anywhere I have a hard time even tying it on and trying it.... a carry-over from too many short strike and refusals earlier in life. Dude, I can't even catch a bluegill on a eztaz containing fly. It's obviously mental but I gotta roll with it.

Other materials just seem to catch fish no matter how they're thrown on a hook... Like;

Peacock herl

Mohair

Ice dub

Angel hair/ or lite bright

Marabou

Med.round rubber

biots

deer hair

squirrel and rabbit strips

(No matter how I slap the above material on a hook....it's gonna catch fish)

Here's some other stuff that I pretty much stay away from because regardless of the pattern the material alone is just cursed ;

Uni-stretch

black beads

poly-dubbing (antron is good to me, but poly is asking to be skunked)

dun colored hackle (no idea how it got to be so popular)

And there's something about anything tied on a TMC 200R smaller than a #10 (looks good/ won't get bit)

Just weird personal stuff that I've noticed over time and eventually just given in to. Kinda proves (to me) how important mental attitude is to a persons success.

Oh, and I don't even like to fish anywhere near someone with orange flyline

[Brian Wise]

I dunno if they say it.....but they sure seem to act on it when I am behind the rod. LOL

Brian, yeah I know it's just one of those quirks I have accidentally developed. I don't know what it is with me but if a fly has eztaz on it anywhere I have a hard time even tying it on and trying it.... a carry-over from too many short strike and refusals earlier in life. Dude, I can't even catch a bluegill on a eztaz containing fly. It's obviously mental but I gotta roll with it.

Other materials just seem to catch fish no matter how they're thrown on a hook... Like;

Peacock herl

Mohair

Ice dub

Angel hair/ or lite bright

Marabou

Med.round rubber

biots

deer hair

squirrel and rabbit strips

(No matter how I slap the above material on a hook....it's gonna catch fish)

Here's some other stuff that I pretty much stay away from because regardless of the pattern the material alone is just cursed ;

Uni-stretch

black beads

poly-dubbing (antron is good to me, but poly is asking to be skunked)

dun colored hackle (no idea how it got to be so popular)

And there's something about anything tied on a TMC 200R smaller than a #10 (looks good/ won't get bit)

Just weird personal stuff that I've noticed over time and eventually just given in to. Kinda proves (to me) how important mental attitude is to a persons success.

Oh, and I don't even like to fish anywhere near someone with orange flyline

:lol:

LOVE the orange flyline thing!! I completely get it, I have some quirks too...trust me. The jigging thing like I said above...total quirk. I know for a fact that guys catch big browns on a jigging fly----but I can't make it happen. It may have something to do with drift boating jigging flies and that making it funky.....but now I am grasping at straws to give myself a reason that I can't explain.

I will stand behind you on the 200r thing too. Although from a different angle.....I can't get the dang things to HOLD fish after they hook them. That hook gap is stupid in my eyes and lends itself to breaking your heart on the fish of your life.