The Emerger I used had a dubbed body, it was completely cleaned off the hook. I bet the copper wire would make it legal in some states. Tony
On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 2:56 PM, Rene Zillmann <[email protected]> wrote: 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. -- -- 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.
