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Post by davet on Dec 11, 2019 12:01:42 GMT -5
I pulled out my fly tying stuff this am and tied up a few nymphs on a size 12 "Jig" hook. The Jig hook will bump along the bottom and the hook points up.....not down as a conventional hook would do. Less chance of snagging......and snagging is always a PITA!!!
BTW....using materials such as squirrel tail, rabbit fur, pheasant tail 'n such to tie up conventional flys. So.....I guess there is some hunting in there!!!
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Post by fleroo on Dec 11, 2019 12:05:11 GMT -5
Been a long time since I tied up nymphs. But boy was it fun when I did.  |
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Post by davet on Dec 11, 2019 16:32:21 GMT -5
Just couldn't resist.....eh? I see what you did there........  |
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Post by Dutch on Dec 11, 2019 16:34:22 GMT -5
First Sunday of deer season, the kid we had with us was out in chest waders fishing. Caught three pickeral, or one dumb pickeral 3 times? Actually, three different sizes, so they were different feeshes
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Post by buzz on Dec 11, 2019 17:28:50 GMT -5
Yes, but it's another 430 hours before I get to Fla.
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Post by turkeykiller on Dec 11, 2019 17:50:59 GMT -5
Don't forget to pack your special sandal socks
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Post by davet on Dec 11, 2019 19:02:16 GMT -5
Are you doing any feeshing while there? Or just wearing your fish like smelling sandals?
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Post by buzz on Dec 11, 2019 19:09:46 GMT -5
Are you doing any feeshing while there? Or just wearing your fish like smelling sandals? Never thought I would like going 25 miles off shore to fish, so I repeatedly turned down the offer from my buddy who owns a boat to go that far out. Then a couple weeks before we left to come home last spring, I caved in and went, and loved it. He goes about once a week, so I plan to do a lot more of it this winter. Hopefully I won't suck at fishing quite as much by next spring ! I should note that on my first trip with him, I caught the smallest fish in the ocean, so I have nowhere to go but up.........  |
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Post by Dutch on Dec 11, 2019 20:57:57 GMT -5
Can you swim 25 miles?
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Post by fleroo on Dec 12, 2019 7:34:54 GMT -5
When do I ever resist ?  |
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Post by timberdoodle on Dec 12, 2019 10:28:10 GMT -5
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Post by davet on Feb 11, 2020 12:59:47 GMT -5
A shooting buddy of mine left for the Florida shores a few days ago. I told him to give me the nearest PO and I would tie up a few saltwater shrimp for him to try. I've never tied for saltwater before. Did this one just now and will do one more with a brown color. I used lots of glue......way more than I use for trout....as those saltwater fish can be tough on 'em.  |
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Post by davet on Feb 16, 2020 8:09:03 GMT -5
Another one of my very professional photo's. I had to edit the original in order to get the details of these two "shrimp" imitations that I tied. One of my shooting fellows went to Florida to fish. I mailed them to a post office near where he's at. I hope to get a "catch" report in a week and see if these were useful....or not. (Still.....my photographic skills are notorious and well documented!!)  |
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Post by Loggy on Feb 16, 2020 8:58:58 GMT -5
Looks like a real winner there Dave!! Now tie that on a size 2 or 4 hook vs a 16 or 18 and you may have a flounder killer as their main diet is shrimp!!!  |
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Post by davet on Feb 16, 2020 10:14:15 GMT -5
Looks like a real winner there Dave!! Now tie that on a size 2 or 4 hook vs a 16 or 18 and you may have a flounder killer as their main diet is shrimp!!! My buddy gave me those two hoods that I tied these on as I don't have\carry hooks this big. I think these are size 6 hooks. If you compare the length of the hook to my fat thumb in the previous photo.....the hook length is about 1.5" long. |
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Post by redarrow on Feb 16, 2020 15:20:14 GMT -5
I've been tying a few soft hackles and some dries. Just a couple hours ago I bought some size 26 dry fly hooks. I haven't tied that small in at least ten years and my eyes are far worse than at that time. We'll see how it goes. I remember they were kinda hard to get hold of to release the fish and the fine tippet often broke when doing it.
I often warned my sons that they'd be doing all my tying when they grew up. The two older tie pretty decent flies-the one who lives in Washington is starting to tie some for salt water. Maybe I should tie the big flies for him to use and he can tie any that are smaller than a 16 for me?
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Post by davet on Feb 16, 2020 16:00:07 GMT -5
The only "small" fly I tie is on a 22. It's the Bead head Zebra Midge and I only tie that small 'cause it's easy to tie.
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Post by Loggy on Feb 17, 2020 5:59:25 GMT -5
Looks like a real winner there Dave!! Now tie that on a size 2 or 4 hook vs a 16 or 18 and you may have a flounder killer as their main diet is shrimp!!! My buddy gave me those two hoods that I tied these on as I don't have\carry hooks this big. I think these are size 6 hooks. If you compare the length of the hook to my fat thumb in the previous .....the hook length is about 1.5" long. I used to tie flounder flies with white bucktail body w/red back more or less a streamer design. Pretty simple pattern where I wrapped lead on hook(for weight) then topped off with silver tinsel with lacquer red head. Used mainly as a teaser with live minnow. Now with so many types of rubber swim tail grubs, teasers, gulp eetc sorta got away from tying. It was a lot of fun though!! |
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Post by davet on Feb 17, 2020 6:30:10 GMT -5
I tie because, well...I can. I learned how to do this waaaaay back when I was a teenager. Took some time, but it comes back. Plus youtube is a great teacher for patterns. Plus.....I reload only so much and after the flintlock deer season.....I got time for this. |
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Post by redarrow on Feb 17, 2020 8:43:07 GMT -5
You tube would have certainly shortened the learning curve for me when I started tying.
I don't tie many bead heads, but the zebra midge is on that I do. And I don't use tiny flies all that often. I'd rather stay with 18s or bigger-16 and bigger is even better.
BTW, the shrimp tie looks like a good one.
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Post by redarrow on Feb 17, 2020 8:51:28 GMT -5
Loggy, the pattern you describe sounds like a large version of one I used to tie for crappie.
I fished with a guy on Chautauqua lake and the bite was slow so I tied the fly on like a small jig and fished it under the boat on a spinning rod. The crappies nailed it cast after cast. I ended up tying a bunch for him and one of his buddies. The lake was full of big crappies-I don't know if the fishing is as good now.
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Post by davet on Feb 17, 2020 10:08:35 GMT -5
You tube would have certainly shortened the learning curve for me when I started tying. I don't tie many bead heads, but the zebra midge is on that I do. And I don't use tiny flies all that often. I'd rather stay with 18s or bigger-16 and bigger is even better. BTW, the shrimp tie looks like a good one. Thanks. I have a pair of those visor clip on magnification lens's for the stream. I can't see anything in front of me without glasses and I can't thread the hook on without the magnification. But it works....and I'm out there!! That's what matters! |
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Post by redarrow on Feb 17, 2020 10:20:31 GMT -5
My eyes are failing me too. Never seems to be enough light and anything close is pretty much a blur. Tying a blood is starting to take much longer than it ever did. And holding a fly at arms length over my head trying to thread the tippet through the eye of the hook as light is fading has nearly cost be a fall backward into cold water a couple times in the last year or two.
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Post by fleroo on Feb 17, 2020 12:15:48 GMT -5
Me and a pal (not Grumpy) fished Chautauqua, Memorial Day weekend, 1985. The crappie were on their beds at the shallow end. We would drift over and drop a white Minnie-tipped jig down between that vegetation that grows there. WHAMMO ! One right after another. It actually became "Un-fun". LOL
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Post by redarrow on Feb 17, 2020 15:32:23 GMT -5
I fished the lake in the 90s. Lots of big crappie then. Most of our keepers would have to bend to lie in a five gallon bucket. I have heard that that's changed.
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