Tom You tie a beautiful flies and have a whole lot to offer this list. I know you tie very well but for those of you out there that don't feel confident enough to share, think of this...... You also haven't gotten any preconceived ideas of how it should be done. Something you're doing may work a lot better than what we've been taught. Something you've found to use that works for you may also work a lot better for us. :0) Thank you for sharing your ideas. Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Aufiero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 4:58 PM Subject: [VFB] Too much lurking
> John and others- > I am a lurker, as I have confessed before. Mostly, because I don't feel > that I have much to add to the discussions by the time I get to read them. I > mostly the list because I wanted to try my hand at fly swaps, and because > this list was by far the gentlest to newbies and outsiders. Also, I am > always concerned that I do not express myself well in the email format. > Cleary I did a bad job with my earlier post, and rather than belabor the > point- > > John, I apologize. > > Now I'd like to share my secret go to fly with the list. It works 365 days > per year on a well known and heavily fished stream in central PA (spring > creek, center county). This stream has a high population of cress bugs (not > scuds mind you). Though any scud, shrimp, cress bug pattern will take fish, > the perfect cress bug pattern is a hotly debated topic around here. > Variations include: with or without shell back, dorsal stripe, ribbing, and > color, ect. For me, the object was to find pattern that was effective, > imitative (my personal preference) but easily tied, because to fish cress > bugs effectively on this stream, your apt to loose a few. In addition, I > always have a few to give to out of town guys who don't know the local > traditions yet. > > This is certainly not a unique or original pattern, and I make no claims tht > it is my own, other than it is my go to fly on my home water. > > Her goes: > > Hook; Dai Riki 305 size 18 - 12, but mostly 14 and 16 > Thread; Dark brown 6-0 > Dubbing; 50/50 mix of Haretron #11 olive and Hairline #24 chocolate brown > dubbed very heavy in a dubbing loop. And wound very tight, just to the > breaking point of the thread, to bury the thread deep into the body. > > Pick out the dubbing on both sides with a bodkin, and trim the top and > bottom very severely. With practice you can get this so close that it will > look segmented. Trim the sides so that when viewed from the top the fly > resembles a football (I do fish in the shadow of Penn State after all). Then > color the back bone of the top with a fine tip dark brown marker to > represent the vein. > > Who knows, this might even work for bluegills- > > Tom Aufiero
