09-30-2007, 02:23 AM
Yeah, when I started it was warmer than when I finished. I didn't think of taking my gloves this morning. My hands were pretty cold.
The Crotch Cricket is a nymph that James had when Hooked was still open. I have had a ton of success with them on multiple rivers. I don't have a photo of one, but it is similar to a Serendipity. It is tied with longer Elk Hair instead of the short white stuff. I nymph it behind a Bead Head Hares Ear....usually. Or something else as an attractor.
I am sure if you send a pm to "HFT", the mod on the fly board, he might have a good photo of one as well as the instructions for tying it.
I do tie a lot of my own flys.....but its all by sight..pictures..and feel. I look at a fly...then grab my stuff and duplicate it. Trying to put it into words for you and using the right terms wouldnt be easy. There was a time I could name everything and spout off hook sizes, etc. I've lost a lot of that...I do pretty much everything by sight.
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The Crotch Cricket is a nymph that James had when Hooked was still open. I have had a ton of success with them on multiple rivers. I don't have a photo of one, but it is similar to a Serendipity. It is tied with longer Elk Hair instead of the short white stuff. I nymph it behind a Bead Head Hares Ear....usually. Or something else as an attractor.
I am sure if you send a pm to "HFT", the mod on the fly board, he might have a good photo of one as well as the instructions for tying it.
I do tie a lot of my own flys.....but its all by sight..pictures..and feel. I look at a fly...then grab my stuff and duplicate it. Trying to put it into words for you and using the right terms wouldnt be easy. There was a time I could name everything and spout off hook sizes, etc. I've lost a lot of that...I do pretty much everything by sight.
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