Re: [VFB] Opal Caddis
I can do that when I tie some more. I was not able to do that today. Tony --- On Mon, 5/3/10, Larry Johnson wrote: From: Larry Johnson Subject: Re: [VFB] Opal Caddis To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 10:57 AM Tony: Sometime, when you have a minute, could you put up a pic of the flies you mentioned in your post? Always looking for improvements on traditional patterns. Thanks in advance. Larry Johnson Springville, Utah >>> Anthony Spezio 5/2/2010 4:50 PM >>> I did a show in Oklahoma this past week and got some Opal Tinsel from a vendor. Most of my tying at the show was Traditional Wet flies bit I did find time to get a sz 16 Caddis tied with the Opal body. I used a Blue "Feather wing". It looked real good. When we got home this afternoon the water was down and the Caddis working the water. I was tired from the three hour trip and tying three days but I had to give it a shot. I had not fished traditional Wets in years so I took a reject Professor Wet , tied it on and made a cast off the dock. On the first cast a nice brown took the fly on the first strip. Made several more casts and hooked up a few more times. By this time I was really tired and decided to quit for a while. I had not had any hits in another bunch of casts. It seemed that all they wanted was the Caddis. A couple of hours later, I decided to go back down to the dock with the Caddis I had tied. Water was coming back up and moving along pretty fast but the Trout were still working the Caddis. Made a cast and I don't think the Opal Body Caddis hit the water, a brown about 18" took it. I had it almost to the landing net when it made a run. The guard rail in the way and I had the line in the rail , he broke off. That was the end of that fly. First cast with that fly and got broke off. Went back up to the house, got some stuff out and tied another in the "Tent Wing" version real quick and dirty. Water was really up now and a lot of moss and other stuff coming down. Still some trout working. It took sevetal drifts befote I caught the first Rainbow.. Several more drifts and a Brown. I got four more Trout before I decided cleaning moss off the fly from the moss that was coming down was a bit more than I wanted to put up with. I was leaving the dock and a big splash just behind the dock. I had to give it a try. Pulled out some line. made a false cast them laid the fly on the water. A big boil and I missed. When the line came back from the miss, the tippet wrapped around the dock cable too far out for me to reach. Trying to work it loose, I broke the tippet, the fly is still hanging on the cable.. I will have to get some Caddis tied tomorrow if I get the time. I want to be ready if we have another Caddis Hatch like we had today. David, thanks for putting me on to this. I think with this Caddis I may get on to dry fly fishing yet. Tony --- On Wed, 4/14/10, David Hilton wrote: From: David Hilton Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 5:40 PM Don, yes thats the one Im talking about, I love the stuff Dave On Apr 14, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Don Ordes wrote: Dave, are you talking about a straight tinsel material, like 'Mirage' to use for the body, then elk hair for the wing?Mirage comes in a half-dozen different shades, and all are 'opalescent'. I use it for salt-water streamer cheeks also.I got a new opalescent material from Cascade Crest, I call it 'crinkle mirage', and it gives the illusion of scales much better. For almost all of my emerger and soft-hackle flies now, I am covering the shank with a tinsel of pearl or holo, then rope-dubbing a fine rope of ice dub (or??) with gaps over the shiny background (= slim profile flies). This has worked very well for me. Since the segments aren't tight to each other, I use the heavy mono for the core material and wrap very tight. DonO - Original Message -From: David HiltonTo: vfb-m...@googlegroups.comsent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:27 AMSubject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded Tony, Opal is made by UTC, it is a tinsel material. I use "Mirage" medium opal tinsel. I think most of the fly shops handle it. I think it comes in large, medium and small. Go online and look at the Hairline site, I think they handle it Dave... On Apr 13, 2010, at 10:53 PM, Anthony Spezio wrote: Dave, What is "Opal". Is it a regular body material. Tony --- On Mon, 4/12/10, David Hilton wrote: From: David Hilton Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 7:07 PM Tony, I use opal for the body zi have better luck with it Dave On Apr 12, 2010, at 7:48 PM, Anthony Spezio wrote: Lot of good Elk Hair there, will male a lot of Elk Hair Caddis. Tony --- On Mon, 4/12/10, Joyce Westphal wrote: From:
Re: [VFB] Opal Caddis
Tony: Sometime, when you have a minute, could you put up a pic of the flies you mentioned in your post? Always looking for improvements on traditional patterns. Thanks in advance. Larry Johnson Springville, Utah >>> Anthony Spezio 5/2/2010 4:50 PM >>> I did a show in Oklahoma this past week and got some Opal Tinsel from a vendor. Most of my tying at the show was Traditional Wet flies bit I did find time to get a sz 16 Caddis tied with the Opal body. I used a Blue "Feather wing". It looked real good. When we got home this afternoon the water was down and the Caddis working the water. I was tired from the three hour trip and tying three days but I had to give it a shot. I had not fished traditional Wets in years so I took a reject Professor Wet , tied it on and made a cast off the dock. On the first cast a nice brown took the fly on the first strip. Made several more casts and hooked up a few more times. By this time I was really tired and decided to quit for a while. I had not had any hits in another bunch of casts. It seemed that all they wanted was the Caddis. A couple of hours later, I decided to go back down to the dock with the Caddis I had tied. Water was coming back up and moving along pretty fast but the Trout were still working the Caddis. Made a cast and I don't think the Opal Body Caddis hit the water, a brown about 18" took it. I had it almost to the landing net when it made a run. The guard rail in the way and I had the line in the rail , he broke off. That was the end of that fly. First cast with that fly and got broke off. Went back up to the house, got some stuff out and tied another in the "Tent Wing" version real quick and dirty. Water was really up now and a lot of moss and other stuff coming down. Still some trout working. It took sevetal drifts befote I caught the first Rainbow.. Several more drifts and a Brown. I got four more Trout before I decided cleaning moss off the fly from the moss that was coming down was a bit more than I wanted to put up with. I was leaving the dock and a big splash just behind the dock. I had to give it a try. Pulled out some line. made a false cast them laid the fly on the water. A big boil and I missed. When the line came back from the miss, the tippet wrapped around the dock cable too far out for me to reach. Trying to work it loose, I broke the tippet, the fly is still hanging on the cable.. I will have to get some Caddis tied tomorrow if I get the time. I want to be ready if we have another Caddis Hatch like we had today. David, thanks for putting me on to this. I think with this Caddis I may get on to dry fly fishing yet. Tony --- On Wed, 4/14/10, David Hilton wrote: From: David Hilton Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 5:40 PM Don, yes thats the one Im talking about, I love the stuff Dave On Apr 14, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Don Ordes wrote: Dave, are you talking about a straight tinsel material, like 'Mirage' to use for the body, then elk hair for the wing?Mirage comes in a half-dozen different shades, and all are 'opalescent'. I use it for salt-water streamer cheeks also.I got a new opalescent material from Cascade Crest, I call it 'crinkle mirage', and it gives the illusion of scales much better. For almost all of my emerger and soft-hackle flies now, I am covering the shank with a tinsel of pearl or holo, then rope-dubbing a fine rope of ice dub (or??) with gaps over the shiny background (= slim profile flies). This has worked very well for me. Since the segments aren't tight to each other, I use the heavy mono for the core material and wrap very tight. DonO - Original Message -From: David HiltonTo: vfb-m...@googlegroups.comsent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:27 AMSubject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded Tony, Opal is made by UTC, it is a tinsel material. I use "Mirage" medium opal tinsel. I think most of the fly shops handle it. I think it comes in large, medium and small. Go online and look at the Hairline site, I think they handle it Dave... On Apr 13, 2010, at 10:53 PM, Anthony Spezio wrote: Dave, What is "Opal". Is it a regular body material. Tony --- On Mon, 4/12/10, David Hilton wrote: From: David Hilton Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 7:07 PM Tony, I use opal for the body zi have better luck with it Dave On Apr 12, 2010, at 7:48 PM, Anthony Spezio wrote: Lot of good Elk Hair there, will male a lot of Elk Hair Caddis. Tony --- On Mon, 4/12/10, Joyce Westphal wrote: From: Joyce Westphal Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 5:40 PM Suggest you not try and cast around these obstructions. Joyce On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Don Ordes wrote: Darn trespassers were in my fishing pond again -- You received this message because you a
Re: [VFB] Opal Caddis
See, dry fly fishing isn't all that bad.. I prefer nymphs and streamers myself. Dave On May 2, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Anthony Spezio wrote: > I did a show in Oklahoma this past week and got some Opal Tinsel from a > vendor. Most of my tying at the show was Traditional Wet flies bit I did find > time to get a sz 16 Caddis tied with the Opal body. I used a Blue "Feather > wing". It looked real good. When we got home this afternoon the water was > down and the Caddis working the water. I was tired from the three hour trip > and tying three days but I had to give it a shot. I had not fished > traditional Wets in years so I took a reject Professor Wet , tied it on and > made a cast off the dock. On the first cast a nice brown took the fly on the > first strip. Made several more casts and hooked up a few more times. By this > time I was really tired and decided to quit for a while. I had not had any > hits in another bunch of casts. It seemed that all they wanted was the > Caddis. A couple of hours later, I decided to go back down to the dock with > the Caddis I had tied. Water was coming back up and moving along pretty fast > but the Trout were still working the Caddis. Made a cast and I don't think > the Opal Body Caddis hit the water, a brown about 18" took it. I had it > almost to the landing net when it made a run. The guard rail in the way and I > had the line in the rail , he broke off. That was the end of that fly. First > cast with that fly and got broke off. Went back up to the house, got some > stuff out and tied another in the "Tent Wing" version real quick and dirty. > Water was really up now and a lot of moss and other stuff coming down. Still > some trout working. It took sevetal drifts befote I caught the first > Rainbow.. Several more drifts and a Brown. I got four more Trout before I > decided cleaning moss off the fly from the moss that was coming down was a > bit more than I wanted to put up with. I was leaving the dock and a big > splash just behind the dock. I had to give it a try. Pulled out some line. > made a false cast them laid the fly on the water. A big boil and I missed. > When the line came back from the miss, the tippet wrapped around the dock > cable too far out for me to reach. Trying to work it loose, I broke the > tippet, the fly is still hanging on the cable.. > I will have to get some Caddis tied tomorrow if I get the time. I want to be > ready if we have another Caddis Hatch like we had today. > David, thanks for putting me on to this. I think with this Caddis I may get > on to dry fly fishing yet. > Tony > > --- On Wed, 4/14/10, David Hilton wrote: > > From: David Hilton > Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 5:40 PM > > Don, yes thats the one Im talking about, I love the stuff Dave > On Apr 14, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Don Ordes wrote: > >> Dave, are you talking about a straight tinsel material, like 'Mirage' to use >> for the body, then elk hair for the wing? >> Mirage comes in a half-dozen different shades, and all are 'opalescent'. I >> use it for salt-water streamer cheeks also. >> I got a new opalescent material from Cascade Crest, I call it 'crinkle >> mirage', and it gives the illusion of scales much better. >> >> For almost all of my emerger and soft-hackle flies now, I am covering the >> shank with a tinsel of pearl or holo, then rope-dubbing a fine rope of ice >> dub (or??) with gaps over the shiny background (= slim profile flies). This >> has worked very well for me. Since the segments aren't tight to each other, >> I use the heavy mono for the core material and wrap very tight. >> >> DonO >> - Original Message - >> From: David Hilton >> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:27 AM >> Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded >> >> Tony, Opal is made by UTC, it is a tinsel material. I use "Mirage" medium >> opal tinsel. I think most of the fly shops handle it. I think it comes in >> large, medium and small. >> Go online and look at the Hairline site, I think they handle it. >> ... Dave... >> On Apr 13, 2010, at 10:53 PM, Anthony Spezio wrote: >> >>> Dave, >>> What is "Opal". Is it a regular body material. >>> Tony >>> >>> --- On Mon, 4/12/10, David Hilton wrote: >>> >>> From: David Hilton >>> Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded >>> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >>> Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 7:07 PM >>> >>> Tony, I use opal for the body zi have better luck with it Dave >>> On Apr 12, 2010, at 7:48 PM, Anthony Spezio wrote: >>> Lot of good Elk Hair there, will male a lot of Elk Hair Caddis. Tony --- On Mon, 4/12/10, Joyce Westphal wrote: From: Joyce Westphal Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 5:40 PM Suggest you not try and cast around these ob
Re: [VFB] Opal Caddis
I did a show in Oklahoma this past week and got some Opal Tinsel from a vendor. Most of my tying at the show was Traditional Wet flies bit I did find time to get a sz 16 Caddis tied with the Opal body. I used a Blue "Feather wing". It looked real good. When we got home this afternoon the water was down and the Caddis working the water. I was tired from the three hour trip and tying three days but I had to give it a shot. I had not fished traditional Wets in years so I took a reject Professor Wet , tied it on and made a cast off the dock. On the first cast a nice brown took the fly on the first strip. Made several more casts and hooked up a few more times. By this time I was really tired and decided to quit for a while. I had not had any hits in another bunch of casts. It seemed that all they wanted was the Caddis. A couple of hours later, I decided to go back down to the dock with the Caddis I had tied. Water was coming back up and moving along pretty fast but the Trout were still working the Caddis. Made a cast and I don't think the Opal Body Caddis hit the water, a brown about 18" took it. I had it almost to the landing net when it made a run. The guard rail in the way and I had the line in the rail , he broke off. That was the end of that fly. First cast with that fly and got broke off. Went back up to the house, got some stuff out and tied another in the "Tent Wing" version real quick and dirty. Water was really up now and a lot of moss and other stuff coming down. Still some trout working. It took sevetal drifts befote I caught the first Rainbow.. Several more drifts and a Brown. I got four more Trout before I decided cleaning moss off the fly from the moss that was coming down was a bit more than I wanted to put up with. I was leaving the dock and a big splash just behind the dock. I had to give it a try. Pulled out some line. made a false cast them laid the fly on the water. A big boil and I missed. When the line came back from the miss, the tippet wrapped around the dock cable too far out for me to reach. Trying to work it loose, I broke the tippet, the fly is still hanging on the cable.. I will have to get some Caddis tied tomorrow if I get the time. I want to be ready if we have another Caddis Hatch like we had today. David, thanks for putting me on to this. I think with this Caddis I may get on to dry fly fishing yet. Tony --- On Wed, 4/14/10, David Hilton wrote: From: David Hilton Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 5:40 PM Don, yes thats the one Im talking about, I love the stuff Dave On Apr 14, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Don Ordes wrote: Dave, are you talking about a straight tinsel material, like 'Mirage' to use for the body, then elk hair for the wing?Mirage comes in a half-dozen different shades, and all are 'opalescent'. I use it for salt-water streamer cheeks also.I got a new opalescent material from Cascade Crest, I call it 'crinkle mirage', and it gives the illusion of scales much better. For almost all of my emerger and soft-hackle flies now, I am covering the shank with a tinsel of pearl or holo, then rope-dubbing a fine rope of ice dub (or??) with gaps over the shiny background (= slim profile flies). This has worked very well for me. Since the segments aren't tight to each other, I use the heavy mono for the core material and wrap very tight. DonO - Original Message -From: David HiltonTo: vfb-m...@googlegroups.comsent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:27 AMSubject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded Tony, Opal is made by UTC, it is a tinsel material. I use "Mirage" medium opal tinsel. I think most of the fly shops handle it. I think it comes in large, medium and small. Go online and look at the Hairline site, I think they handle it Dave... On Apr 13, 2010, at 10:53 PM, Anthony Spezio wrote: Dave, What is "Opal". Is it a regular body material. Tony --- On Mon, 4/12/10, David Hilton wrote: From: David Hilton Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded To: vfb-m...@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 7:07 PM Tony, I use opal for the body zi have better luck with it Dave On Apr 12, 2010, at 7:48 PM, Anthony Spezio wrote: Lot of good Elk Hair there, will male a lot of Elk Hair Caddis. Tony --- On Mon, 4/12/10, Joyce Westphal wrote: From: Joyce Westphal Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing pond too crowded To: vfb-m...@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 5:40 PM Suggest you not try and cast around these obstructions. Joyce On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Don Ordes wrote: Darn trespassers were in my fishing pond again -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-m...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail
