08-08-2008, 05:23 PM
You mean something like this?
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Left: The previous "older" favourite .. the "round-the-bend style of midge pupa with various bodies, floss, wool, horsehair, epoxy and so on.
Middle & Right; Later discovery - trout don't care whether the body's straight or curved, and straight is quicker to tie.
But a "spider" style midge pupa's hen hackle has more action which they do prefer.
So the "new" ones are all straight with a 1, 2 or 3 turn hen hackle (one side stripped) to affect "sinkability".
Wallet is full of both, both will catch fish, but the spiders get all the action.
Thinks: I gotta get used to putting on the old versions when fishing among trees [
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[inline wet_midges-sml.jpg]
Left: The previous "older" favourite .. the "round-the-bend style of midge pupa with various bodies, floss, wool, horsehair, epoxy and so on.
Middle & Right; Later discovery - trout don't care whether the body's straight or curved, and straight is quicker to tie.
But a "spider" style midge pupa's hen hackle has more action which they do prefer.
So the "new" ones are all straight with a 1, 2 or 3 turn hen hackle (one side stripped) to affect "sinkability".
Wallet is full of both, both will catch fish, but the spiders get all the action.
Thinks: I gotta get used to putting on the old versions when fishing among trees [
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