Tony, I fished the White River just below Beaver Dam about three times last fall. It is the ONLY fly I used in the C&R barbless area. I was the only one catching anything on several occasions.
I have a very nice woman - just beginning - ask me what I was using. I told her and olive wooly-bugger. She insisted she was using the same thing. I asked to see hers and would show her mine. . .well, you know! The ONLY difference was the placement and color of the krystal flash. I gave her one and she caught one on her very first cast! And caught several more before I left a little while later. Her smile could be seen from the parking lot! C ya there! Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Flyfish 2003 > Doug, > You can tie one for me at the Sowbug. > Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Dr. Doug Miller" wrote: > > > Thanks for asking, Joyce. Here is "my" secret - which > > usually means I have discovered what others have been > > doing for decades. Almost always, I use a brass bead head > > and a 9672 hook. Favorite sizes are 12 - 14. Step 1 - > > When I tie in the marabou, I use the tip of the marabou > > FIRST; measuring it to be just a little longer than the > > hook shank. I tie that in with two wraps and cut the > > marabou feather just ahead of the wrap.Sept 2 - I take a > > piece of krystal flash, either to match the marabou or > > rainbow AND a half-piece of red krystal flash. I have > > found that by using a half-strand, doubling the piece and > > cutting it, and doubling it again and cutting it, it is > > just about twice the length I need. I use half as much > > red as the other color.Step 3 - I measure half the krystal > > flash and tie it in ON TOP of the marabou; fold over the > > other half and tie it in ON TOP.Step 4 - I cut marabou > > from the stem of the feather I used in Step 1. I use a > > very generous amount of marabou - probably twice as much > > as others because it is usually the first to get eaten off > > the bugger.The rest of the bugger is exactly the way you > > would normally tie it. The secret - if there is one - is > > that I layer the marabou. Starting from the shank and > > moving upward: marabou tip, krystal flash, more marabou. > > This keeps the krystal flash inside the marabou and is a > > "hint" of flash rather than a bold flash. If I am fishing > > subsurface, this is the very first fly I will try. It > > works about as well as dynamite or a crank phone around > > here! I will be glad to send you one. Send me your > > address. Doug > > >
