Check out shrimp legs at blueribbonflies.com they also have spandex legs but I did not see any in white. I really like this company for their great service. Joyce
Sent from my iPad On Jul 17, 2012, at 3:32 AM, "Niclas (Gmail)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Last week I tried out a new fly that I (just because it was so ugly) bought > earlier this summer in a fly shop up north. As ugly as it was, it turned out > to be quite effective. When everything else I tried (including the Chili > Pepper) struck out, this one seemed to work. But a couple of days ago, when > Teresa and the girls were with me, I lost one in a tree almost immediately > after losing the first fish. I didn't want to risk losing the second (last) > one before I had copied it, so I chose something else that had a little of > the same features - very visible, very slowly sinking... and ugliness: a > white bugger with a bunch of round rubber legs for tail. MAN was that a good > choice!!! It turned out to be a fish magnet. Before they had even left I had > lost another fish... and at the end of the day I had caught three, lost > another two, and missed three or four takes (and naturally lost the two white > flies). Considering that I was only there for three hours (and that also > other club members say that it seems slow there now)... it was something out > of the ordinary. If it wasn't the lake that suddenly had a very good day, > this will probably be my new goto fly. (Sorry Tony... the Chili Pepper is > out. LOL) > > I'm quite sure I got these rubber tailed buggers from someone at the VFB, two > black and two white (unfortunately now lost), either as bonus flies in a swap > or along with one of the "kick off" boxes which were sent to me when I first > got stuck in here. They have been sitting untouched in my flybox for quite a > while so I can't remember which. Last night I was going to tie up more of the > white ones but even though I thought that the thinnest rubber legs I had were > very thin... these ones were even thinner. I took a picture for comparison: > The left fly is the original black version. The right fly is my (as it turned > out: fat tailed) test replica... with Dan Bailey's rubber legs size Small. > > Anyone who recognizes this fly and can tell me what kind of rubber legs they > are? > > Pictures 'fly.jpg' and 'tails.jpg' attached. Direct links in case they don't > get through: > http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc307/runarsson/fly.jpg > http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc307/runarsson/tails.jpg > > /Nick > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > <fly.jpg> > <tails.jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
