Hi Jimi: The stimulator is basically a stone fly imitation, but it falls into the category of "if they ain't biting, tie one on and see if you can shake them loose."
Here's how I tie them: size 6-8 3x long hook short elk hair tail, yellow or red embroidery thread body (salmonfly or golden stone) palmered brown hackle body. Use short hackle, no longer than the gape of the hook. Elk hair wing, tied back like a giant caddis. one brown and one grizzly hackle in front of the wing, kind of like an Adams, Then tie a roughly triangular head with the embroidery thread. There are a lot of variations. I know there must be a picture of one somewhere on the VFB site. Once you see it, you can probably figure it out without any trouble. There are a lot of steps, so they can be time-consuming, but they are kind of fun to tie, and they are absolutely deadly. You should always have a couple in your box. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Stimulator/streamer? > I missed something on the Stimulator, dose anyone have a recipe for them > that I could use ? > Jimi > > > Tom: The biggest prompt for using Stimulators came one night when we were > fishing Boulger Creek, one of the feeder creeks to Electric Lake. It nearly > dark, and we weren't doing too well. I noticed a large moth (or fluttering > caddis) fluttering across the creek in the twilight, and it suddenly > disappeared. I snipped my Adams off and put on a Stimulator and dragged it > across the stream, and learned a great lesson. The Stimulator has become my > go-to fly in many instances. Long live the Stimulator. > > Larry Johnson > > "Big J" > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/11/02 04:28PM >>> > I had a great day of fishing last Saturday, first casting dry flies to a > large pod of hungry 10-12 inch fish in the Cub River (Idaho) and then > dredging the deep holes with a BHGRHE for 15 inch Rainbows on a stretch of > the Bear River through the Onieda Narrows. When fishing on the Cub I tried > a > Stimulator as a strike indicator for a two foot dropper with a BHPT > attached. > I got a few whacks at the Dry, a few more on the dropper, but the most > deadly technique was to pull the Stimulator under water, strip, hold, strip > hold until a fish whaked it... and they obliged with amazing regularity. As > is often the case, it was the only Stimulator I had with me, but it caught > 15 > fish until I lost it on the one fish I really wanted to see. > > I am curious how many of you routinely use the technique of stripping in dry > flies after the drift, and which flies seem to give you the best results. > For myself, I'm going to be tying up a few dozen more Stimulators.... > >
