FISHING REPORT 4/13/2007

[John Berry]

Tough weather! Rain, Hail, Lightning and Cold Temperatures. In spite of it, all caught fish. Fished Rim in the morning. The water was up a bit but we still managed to catch several. After lunch, we went to the Norfork and my clients caught some really nice fish including an eighteen inch rainbow and a twenty inch brown. We caught everything on the green butt.

[Phil Lilley]

Green Butt is the fly you tied at the conclave- right?

[John Berry]

Phil,

I believe so. I can't remember what I had for breakfast much less what I did in October. I tied it at sowbug.

[Greg]

John - do you mind sharing what the "green butt" is? If not I understand.

thanks for the report either way,

Greg

[John Berry]

My recipe for the Green Butt is:

Hook: Tiemco 102Y or 103BL (the barbless equivalent of the 102Y)

Thread: 6/0 Danville Brown

Tag: I/8 inch tag of single strand bright green floss

Body: one strand peacock herl

Rib: five wraps of fine gold wire Counterribbed

Collar: Hungarian partridge tied in by the tips, two wraps

It is tied and fished like any soft hackle. Good luck!

[RiverRunner]

I hope John doesn't mind, but here is a link with pictures and tying instructions. That is a great fly to say the least.

http://www.northarkansasflyfisher.org/GrnButtSH.html

[John Berry]

Thanks RiverRunner. I do not mind at all. I want to share.

[Terry Beeson]

Hey John... Your opinions, please, on using other colors other than the bright green. I'm thinking of raiding my wife's embroidery thread collection. Some really kewl colors in there...

I know a redass works and you have proven the green butt... what about blue, purple, yellow, etc.?

[John Berry]

Yellow or orange might be interesting with the sulphurs coming next month. This does not constitute permission to raid your wife's embroidery thread collection.