I read the article. didn't really see the point of the bamboo. If you are going to put a balsa head on it, just finish the dang thing as a balsa head popper.
Is it a fly? Murf thnks only things that imitate real insects are flies..., means the Greeks who "flyfished" weren't using real flies. My take on things is that all flies are lures, as well as anything else tied to be used with a fly rod. I'd fish a long time in the Gulf of Mexico with imitations of flies and get o results. However, "flies" imitating menhaden, mullet, and silversides work quite well. Should also remind Murf that trhe traditional muddler is designed to be a sculpin imitation. Not a fly, but a natural.
Mark Delaney
John Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Okay folks, just got the Winter 2002 issue of Fly Tyer, I think some on the list may have already got it, since I saw some posts about a Poul Jorgensen fly in the back of the magazine a while back. Anyway, one of the articles caught my eye, for those of you with a copy of the mag, please turn to page 44 and cast your eyes on the "flies" pictured there. The caption on the article is "Hammerheadbugs" and describes "flies" made from bamboo tomato stakes and balsa wood and painted various garish colors.
In the hopes of reviving some of the fun debate we had about putting hardware like spinners and spoons (was that a Fly Tying article, too?) on your flies, lets leave everybody's new best friend, PETA Sally, alone for a while and debate whether these creations are flies or not. In my book these are lures, plain and simple and put me in mind of when I was about 8 years old and living in Texas and making my own fishing lures out of things like clothespins painted with model airplane paint. No, I didn't recall catching anything with them, story of my fishing life, but that's a topic for another lament.For the record, we can stipulate that all flies are lures in a technical sense, in that they are artificial. But to me, these are not what is meant by the word "fly".
So, let's hear it folks. What do you think of a "fly" that's essentially wood and paint gaudied up with a few feathers or some rubber legs for a tail. Is it a fly or not?
-John
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