Tying Video -- Nick Granato's Maximum Cowbell

[Brian Wise]

Hey guys,

Here is the new tying video. This one took a while to get out because I have been shooting a series of videos for Field and Stream to release on their site over the winter. But I think the wait was probably worth it.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYp6HaJIbUo

Recipe:

Rear Hook
Hook - Gamakatsu SP11 #1
Flash - Shimmer Fringe
Tail 1 - Saddle Hackle
Tail 2/Wing - Rabbit Strip
Body - Polar Chenille
Body Hotspot - Chubby Dub

Front Hook
Hook - Owner Sproat #1/0
Eyes - Aluminum Sea Eyes
Body Hotspot - Chubby Dub
Body - Polar Chenille
Body 2 - Schlappen
Head - Laser Dub

[XP 590]

I don't know about you, but I GOTTA have more cowbell baby

[ColdWaterFshr]

I can see why you're doing Field and Stream videos, Brian -- you've gotten quite good at shooting them. Very slick.

Question - do you think that jig hook helps this "fly" swim any differently? Just curious about the choice over a standard hook.

[Lancer09]

Good, Good Stuff.

[Brian Wise]

I can see why you're doing Field and Stream videos, Brian -- you've gotten quite good at shooting them. Very slick.

Question - do you think that jig hook helps this "fly" swim any differently? Just curious about the choice over a standard hook.

THANKS!

The jig hooks are for sure the way to go if you are inverting the hook. It all depends on the action you are looking for, most flies tied on jig hooks are pretty heavily weighted so the action will be an up and down "jigging" action with the ability to fish DEEP and bounce off the bottom. If you super-weighting a straight-shank hook without inverting it would hang up on bottom constantly. With the jig hooks you can fish super deep and be pretty snagless. There is really no other movement besides that normal jigging action with one of these super heavy flies, but depending on what the body and head are tied with you can control how fast or slow they fall. I personally can't stand a straight up and down jigging action for brown trout (the species I will be chasing the vast majority of the time) but a slow fall with a straight up movement from the strip is pretty solid.

[Big Brown Trout]

very nice man your vids have been a big help to my tying. I had a question when you take the dubbing and start working it with your hands what are you doing here? I assume its to make the dubbing stay together better, I tried this with mine but it doesn't hold together well.

[Brian Wise]

very nice man your vids have been a big help to my tying. I had a question when you take the dubbing and start working it with your hands what are you doing here? I assume its to make the dubbing stay together better, I tried this with mine but it doesn't hold together well.

It depends on the dubbing. If it is a long fibered dubbing that you are going to lash down in the middle and not "dub" like usual then you want the fibers to be as equal as possible so you don't lose as much when you brush it out. So what I do is take a bunch of dubbing that I plan on lashing down and pull it apart and stack it back, pull it apart and stack it back, over and over so the fibers are about the same length (or close anyway).

[moguy1973]

Cool fly, and that coffee stout has piqued my interest also...

[Big Brown Trout]

thanks Brian I will try it more that way

[Brian Wise]

Cool fly, and that coffee stout has piqued my interest also...

Mother's Winter Grind.....best coffee stout I have ever had.