OK, so 8/0 and a 40# tippet not good for Blue Gill,.....;-) Gotcha.. Thanks my friend, just a bit of dry humor before tomorrow. Jimi
You just need to adjust the size of the fly toward the species you are after. Alan Di Somma Phoenix,Az. "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." Will Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Stimulator/streamer? > Cool, may even work on Walleye in the lake, maybe even bass and crappie ? > Jimi > > > Try...http://www.troutflies.com/tutorials/stimulator/ > > Alan Di Somma > Phoenix,Az. > > "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they > went." > Will Rogers > ----- 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.... > > > > > >
