HI Jimmy Your Caddi-Humpus resembles an old pattern called a Crazy goof. Dean --- "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, you've got me wondering about my > "Caddi-Humpus". I invented this fly last > spring because I just got plain tired of tying > Humpies for a Swap. It is a > cross between an Elk Hair Caddis and a Humpy, and > favors both, but it's not a > variant, and boy is it easier to tie. I've looked > in every fly book I have, and > believe me, that's a BUNCH, and I haven't seen > anything like it anywhere. Until > I do, The "Caddi-Humpus" is mine - period! And, > by the way it catches more > trout for me than either of the two flies that make > up its name. I couldn't tie > these things fast enough last September when my > three sons and two son-in-laws > and I were on a week-long trout trip in Northern New > Mexico. If you want to see > my creation, go to Matt's VFB Photo site: > > http://vfbphotos.tripod.com/ and look it up in the > archives. Photo and tying > instructions are included. > > JIMMY > ******************************************************* > > Dan Crowe wrote: > > > That's a great question. I've "invented" a handful > of flies that are really > > variations on successful patterns. I've felt too > guilty about plagiarizing > > to name most of them, so I just call them by there > appearance - "the black > > one with the thingy" the "itty bitty one that > caught that fish last year", > > etc. > > > > I don't really know where you draw the line. Does > every minor wooly bugger > > variation deserve a name? There's millions of > them. On the other hand, most > > dry flies fall basically into three or four > patterns in different colors, > > and you certainly wouldn't call an Adams a BWO. > > > > I think if you invent a fly and it works well when > the one you cribbed it > > off of doesn't, then it deserves it's own name. > > > > I have no authority to cite to on that, it's just > an idea. > > > > Dan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gary Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:49 AM > > Subject: [VFB] Names of various flies... > > > > > Sorry for the cross-post, but I want to get all > the opinions on this that > > I > > > can. I hope the following makes sense. > > > > > > It seems to me that throughout FFing history, > the slightest variation in a > > > particular pattern resulted in a "new" pattern > with a different name. Now > > > these aren't necessarily real patterns, but for > example, a bucktail > > > streamer tied with black thread, silver tinsel > around the hook shank, a > > > yellow bucktail wing over white bucktail, with > peacock herl over that, on > > a > > > #8 4x streamer hook was called by a particular > name. Change the tinsel to > > > gold, the bucktail wing to red over yellow, and > omit the herl and you have > > > a different (although extremely similar) pattern > with a different name. > > > > > > These days, it seems that most patterns that > stray from the originators > > > exact pattern aren't renamed with a new moniker, > but instead are referred > > > to as "a variation of...". Although as I think > about it, there's not alot > > > of difference in a Crazy Charlie and Lefty > Kreh's, "all the bucktail on > > > top", version of the Clouser Minnow. Nor is > there a thimble full of > > > difference between the afore mentioned "Charlie" > and the "Gotcha", or the > > > myriad of other bonefish flies available today. > > > > > > A personal example of fly similarity/variation > is, I tie a "variation" of > > > Tom Nixon's, "Pigboat". I use various types of > chenille for the body. I > > > use silicone spinnerbait/jig skirts instead of > the "rubber thread" that > > Mr. > > > Nixon specifies in his ties. Mr. Nixon palmers > hackle around the chenille > > > body to help hold the rubber thread skirt out > away from the body. I do > > not > > > apply palmered hackle to mine because the > silicone skirts that I use stand > > > out quite nicely without any assistance, even > during retrieve. > > > > > > My question is, how far removed from the > original pattern should a fly be > > > before it is a different pattern? > > > > > > I would appreciate your > feedback/opinions/expertise on this topic. > > > > > >
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