There is a book called Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon, deals mainly with streamer patterns that were designed for very long shank hooks or tandem hooks. Seems they were and still are used to troll on the lakes of New England. I sure would hate to cast a Gray Ghost tied on tandem hooks, ouch. Dan----- Original Message ----- From: "Eddie D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 8:17 PM Subject: [VFB] Tandem Flies
> Hey List, > I recently(as in last night) saw in a book on how to tie tandem flies. I > have seen these flies before, and always wanted to tie one. The book showed > me how, and it turns out it wasnt as hard as it seems. I've tied 2 > different patterns and they look really good. My Questoin(s) is this. What > do you guys use these flies for? I dont think that my size 2 front hook will > look very good in the local brook trout stream around here. And is anyone > interested in swapping flies? maybe not a big time swap, unless there is > some interest. If anyone is interested in swapping tandem flies, then > contact me off list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] If more then 4 people > contact me then i'll organize a swap. I think these flies are really cool > to tie, and they look awesome. Thanks everyone > > -Eddie D > > _________________________________________________________________ > Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free! Try MSN. > http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp > >
