11-26-2008, 12:51 AM
The first pattern that landed me a few I call a Hasbro Softhackle. It is on a #14 streamer hook and the body & tail is White Marabou. The marabou tips are tied in for tail, then twisted and wrapped up the hook. Then a white hackle tied in for a collar.
The killer fly however was an Olive Crystal by Bill Schiess. It is a #10 nymph hook with weight (lead sub wire) and the body is Olive Crystal Chenille and brown grizzle hackle palmered up the hook. Simple flies.
I do use a loop to connect all flies. I use the surgeon loop.
There is a trick to keep the loop small which I think is very important. Threat the hook, make a loop, and feed the fly through the loop twice. Then stick the eye of the hook in the middle of the loop and tighten slowly. That way you can get a very tiny loop. A little trick I learned to fish #32's with 6X tippet. Loops let you fish heavier tippet on smaller flies but still get movement out of the fly.
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The killer fly however was an Olive Crystal by Bill Schiess. It is a #10 nymph hook with weight (lead sub wire) and the body is Olive Crystal Chenille and brown grizzle hackle palmered up the hook. Simple flies.
I do use a loop to connect all flies. I use the surgeon loop.
There is a trick to keep the loop small which I think is very important. Threat the hook, make a loop, and feed the fly through the loop twice. Then stick the eye of the hook in the middle of the loop and tighten slowly. That way you can get a very tiny loop. A little trick I learned to fish #32's with 6X tippet. Loops let you fish heavier tippet on smaller flies but still get movement out of the fly.
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