Hi Tony, There is an official pattern: the Bare Hook Nymph. http://classicflyrodforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=55086 >From the story I know it was a PTN, tied classic with wire. After a couple of fish only the copper thorax was left and still did catch fish. So, it was invented as a pattern.
I remember catching fish on a golden hook. Maybe they did take it as tiny fish. Rene On 02/12/2014 01:53 AM, Anthony Spezio wrote: > It sure is. > One day when I was fishing with my buddy in his 10 ft flat bottomed > jon boat, I caught 28 fish on the same fly. > The last 4 were just a bare hook. > Pretty good day of fishing. All with an intermediate sinking line. > > I don't know if it was on the VFB or the prior list I was on that I > posted this. > Some years ago when my friend and hit the White. It was March the sun > was shining but it was cold. We fished Cotter where the spring flows > into the White. The action was fast but the Trout were not very big. > We were catching so many that a bunch that were at the park assembled > on the rise behind us. I was using a sz 14 Emerger tied in a scud > hook. Every time Al or I would catch a fish they would clap and shout. > The fly I was using started really getting torn up till there was > nothing but the bare hook. I don't know what that hook represented but > they took it on every cast. I ended up with 98 Trout, all but one were > Browns. The other one was a Cut bow. Al C&R over 100. I have never > seen another day like that. > I posted this and got replies from a number on the list that using a > bare hook in their state was illegal. The hook has to be a colored > hook to be legal. > I am sure it is hard to believe this but it did happen. The trout were > between 9 and 11 inches. That is small for the White considering they > don't stock anything less than 12 inches. > Tony > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
