Re: [VFB] Quck and Dirty "Guide" flies.

[ashley strutt]

I don't have a pic,contact me off list with land address and I'll send a couple Ashley ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry JOHNSON To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Quck and Dirty "Guide" flies. Ashley:  Show us your "Minkie"  Sounds super easy and effective.  Do you have a pic of it?   Larry J  >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/02/02 04:16PM >>> I have a really simiple fly called the minkie.Tied in size 20 to 24 the body is buff mink fur and the thorax/hackle is dark Mink.The trout and grayling love it September to November. Ashley ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 4:24 PM 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? >