I had a guide/commercial tyer here show me the tricos he fishes with. Rather than spending the time on dubbing 20+ size flies for his fishing, he ties with 6/0 black thread to build the body, microfibbets for tails, and just a couple strands of white polypro to make wing of choice (spent-wing spinner, parachute, or traditional split wings). Use grizzly hackle to finish.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 11:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [VFB] Quck and Dirty "Guide" flies. > > > I once overheard a couple of guides talking about the "guide > flies" they use, > which are effective flies that are very easy to tie. My > brother in law (who > doesn't tie) came back from a succesful guided trip in > Wyoming and asked if I > could tie up some of the flies they used. He pulled one out > that he had > kept... and it was a rather short red San Jaun worm which > didn't even have > the ends shaped to the traditional point. Obviously a quick tie! > > So here is my theory: There are a lot of very simple, but > very effective > flies out there that seldom make it into the shop bins > because they have > little angler appeal. They just look too simple for someone > to be willing to > part with a buck to pick one up. > > Does anyone have any flies of this type they want to share? > My favorite is a > size 18 or 20 BHPT which uses the same fibers used for the > tail for the body, > and sometimes a peacock herl thorax... just for looks, > because I can lose the > herl while fishing this fly and still catch fish just as readily. > > Another is a fly I tied for my first Caddis megaswap... the > dreaded "worm" > fly that Byard asks us not to submit. Its nothing more than > slightly tapered > rust dubbing with an evenly spaced gold rib and a black > thread head... but it > is a very effective fly. > > I know we tie flies for more than just catching fish, but > when there is more > fishing time than tying time, it is nice to have an array of > quick and dirty > flies. What do you guys use? >
