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Post by Loggy on Feb 17, 2020 20:05:13 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. Yep Red. I know some of the marabou versions vs bucktail are also very deadly on crappie.
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Post by redarrow on Feb 18, 2020 7:42:58 GMT -5
Many wet flies and streamers work a little better if you can work even a little bit of marabou into the pattern.
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Post by davet on Feb 18, 2020 8:58:46 GMT -5
For that movement look, I tie up some "soft hackle" nymph patterns. Usually I use grouse feathers as the hackle as it provides a nice "leggy" movement in the water.
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Post by redarrow on Feb 18, 2020 9:10:29 GMT -5
I use partridge and woodcock for most of my soft hackles. I have used grouse, but the feather fibers from the one I saved seemed to break of much easier than the others. I like to keep the hackle on those pretty sparse so not many fibers have break and the fly is bald after a couple fish.
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Post by davet on Feb 18, 2020 12:22:29 GMT -5
Tied up these this am. BTW...all Partridge soft hackle. Hot Head, Tungsten beads with olive pheasant tail and one with a rust pheasant tail. Took a break and will whip up a few more rust and maybe a few natural's. Size 12 Jig style hook.
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Post by redarrow on Feb 18, 2020 17:08:19 GMT -5
Those look good, Dave. I use standard wet fly hooks, 12-16s for my soft hackles when tying for trout. Sometimes a bead, usually not. I don't use as many turns of hackle. I tie them in black, tan, green and light yellow. I love the way trout slam soft hackles as they are swinging through the current. Nothing subtle about those hits.
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Post by davet on Feb 18, 2020 17:28:41 GMT -5
I'm only getting two turns max using the partridge. I like bead heads as they get the "bug" down quick. Especially the tungsten beads.
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Post by redarrow on Feb 18, 2020 17:58:21 GMT -5
I fish the bead head softs more like a nymph and the unweighted ones swinging them like and emerger caught in the current. I think the orange bead would be great when fishing wets for steelhead. I used to catch a lot of steelhead on small black wets.
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Post by davet on Apr 13, 2020 11:37:27 GMT -5
Tied up a few crayfish on this rainy windy day
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