Not for bass and crappie,,,,,,,but just about the right size for Northerns & Muskie. LOL
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 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Stimulator/streamer? > 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.... > > > > > > > > > > > >
