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halibuthitman
One of my favorite, i still see it around, but its the Griffiths Gnat. I love this fly, usually pull it out to finish the day on just for fun. I usually just get tired of tying the same patterns so I really enjoy all the new stuff...mainly at the bench. I really always fall back to proven patterns on the waters I'm fishing. Doing well then I'll pull out some new just for fun.
Growing up on the st. Joe and the St Regis I often fished flies like the sheep creek special and x-caddis and calf tail caddis, droppers were always done under a large stimulator... I hadn't seen a strike indicator until I was 20 yrs old... the point of my thread isn't against modern styles at all... Guess it was just a statement on the speed of change, and perhaps the loss of some old legends...., I mean is there anyone who doesn't have a special place in their box for that one mosquito fly? lol
Ah yes...the not yet famous BLS. I understand they will slay a trophy Trillium trout.Bud light special -- never seen one of those in a fly shop and they murder fish!
well,I tried to fish it dry, but I hadn't discovered floatant yet and my tying skills were... well... sub-par, thats how I learned it fished well wet! oh, and the pattern actually fishes better if you tie it with green floss... instead of orangeDitto on the mosquitoes, one side of my fly box is the malaria zone and the Adams in 18 & 20..... The sipping hole in Macks canyon. throws those all day and Kaboom ya come back with a straightened out hook.
When you fished the carrot, did you use it more as a wet or dry fly? I may have tied one or two but I don't think I ever used one. Might be fun to retrofit older patterns to the 21st Century.
I have some ideas for the Carrot 2K...lol
ooooh red oktober!!!!!!!!!!!! nice, I have dabbled with the nymph... but the dry sinks so well that its almost a waste of time... would anyone be game for a weekly get together and mabe a tying nite? talking about flies and flyfishing is damn near as good as doing it...
ooooh red oktober!!!!!!!!!!!! nice, I have dabbled with the nymph... but the dry sinks so well that its almost a waste of time... would anyone be game for a weekly get together and mabe a tying nite? talking about flies and flyfishing is damn near as good as doing it...