tjm Posted December 30, 2023 Posted December 30, 2023 It's been decades since I looked at Pa./Md./Va. streams but in my mind they are big, slow and brown, kinda the way I remember the Osage and South Grand before Truman and I have no idea if either set of memories is accurate, if they are warped by time and distance. The fly would appear a lot different in slow brown water than in clear fast Ozark water. The small mouth are invasive in the east and as such may not react like Ozark fish either. I might try a couple Clouser style using a softer hair like coyote and bead chain. I do know that where on the hook shank the weight/eyes are located makes a difference in how they fish for me and that most that I see have the weight much closer to the hook eye than Bob Clouser shows in his videos.
fishinwrench Posted December 30, 2023 Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/30/2023 at 1:27 AM, tjm said: It's been decades since I looked at Pa./Md./Va. streams but in my mind they are big, slow and brown, kinda the way I remember the Osage and South Grand before Truman Expand The rivers out East are way more rocky and boulder strewn. The Osage and Grand are muddy, silty gar-holes in comparison.
fishinwrench Posted December 30, 2023 Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/30/2023 at 1:17 AM, snagged in outlet 3 said: to me itβs a saltwater flyπ€·ββοΈ Expand #1 for temperate bass. Hands down. And this variation right here... Is my #1 Crappie killer. snagged in outlet 3 1
Mitch f Posted December 30, 2023 Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/29/2023 at 8:17 PM, tjm said: I'm not following how those butt barbs bound down under the body could create a tail of any sort. But I'll mess around on the vise with that. It looks to me like he did tie the herl in by the butts, but three twisted would certainly be an improvement over two laying flat. I never have bought the two color back and belly theory a pertains to insects after experiments I did a long time ago, and I know it's a popular belief in imitative tying, but to me the Crackleback isn't imitative so much as suggestive. Expand Im trying to use Google Translate to translate this into English π§ snagged in outlet 3, kjackson and fishinwrench 1 2 "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
ness Posted December 30, 2023 Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/29/2023 at 9:57 PM, tjm said: But the instructions he gives there are at odds with what he taught you kids? Expand Feels like weβre splitting herls here. nomolites, kjackson, Daryk Campbell Sr and 2 others 1 4 John
tjm Posted December 30, 2023 Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/30/2023 at 3:27 AM, ness said: Feels like weβre splitting herls here. Expand If you say so. Turns out the Story didn't know how to tie his own fly, I just didn't make that connection right off.
fishinwrench Posted December 30, 2023 Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/30/2023 at 3:27 AM, ness said: Feels like weβre splitting herls here. Expand If you twist them they won't split when you wrap the hackle. ππ On 12/30/2023 at 1:27 AM, tjm said: I might try a couple Clouser style using a softer hair like coyote and bead chain. Expand Hey if this catches them.....And we know it does... Then why wouldn't a Clouser? π€·ββοΈ snagged in outlet 3 1
tjm Posted December 30, 2023 Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/30/2023 at 2:02 AM, fishinwrench said: The rivers out East are way more rocky and boulder strewn. The Osage and Grand are muddy, silty gar-holes in comparison. Expand You have probably fished the coastal rivers more than I have.
tjm Posted December 30, 2023 Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/30/2023 at 3:40 AM, fishinwrench said: If you twist them they won't split when you wrap the hackle. ππ Hey if this catches them.....And we know it does... Then why wouldn't a Clouser? π€·ββοΈ Expand I'll bite, why?
snagged in outlet 3 Posted December 30, 2023 Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/30/2023 at 3:27 AM, ness said: Feels like weβre splitting herls here. Expand Good oneπ
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