05-20-2013, 05:48 AM
I have caught damn near every species on that fly. You can't go wrong with a batch of those, on any water; yours look terrific.
One trick I learned by accident -- it might not work ever again, but it worked amazingly well for me:
I tied a bunch, but did a piss poor job of cementing the eyes, and thus, the whole fly would spin if enough pressure was added. I learned that just spinning the material (not the eyes) half way around made it "swim" with a slight jerkiness that wasn't there when everything was uniform. It also swam as if the fish was struggling on its side.
Killed Rainbows and Smallies at Flaming Gorge last year with this little trick. (hasn't worked since, go figure)
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One trick I learned by accident -- it might not work ever again, but it worked amazingly well for me:
I tied a bunch, but did a piss poor job of cementing the eyes, and thus, the whole fly would spin if enough pressure was added. I learned that just spinning the material (not the eyes) half way around made it "swim" with a slight jerkiness that wasn't there when everything was uniform. It also swam as if the fish was struggling on its side.
Killed Rainbows and Smallies at Flaming Gorge last year with this little trick. (hasn't worked since, go figure)
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