Mark: Thanks.. That sounds logical... Is there a fly that looks like a live redworm???? I saw one called the San Juan I think.. are there others??? I know what ya mean too. I see some flies and I wonder "I wonder what the bluegill think this is"??? LOL...I guess they like the ones I'm using, cause I'm now catching more fish than when I was fishing with live bait...without having to put on new bait every five minutes...Thanks, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Delaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] My Tom Nixon book arrived!! One of the rules down here in Louisiana, especially nin salt water surf fishing is that the fly doesn't need to perfectly mimic the bait, but it is more effective to tie flies that mimic the hot spinning reel baits...it is a strategy that seems to pay off. I do tie lots of fliues that look more like the bait (shrimp and menhaden patterns) but only because I like to tie them. the same idea is also apploied to many local patterns for bass and panfish. Mark Delaney On 6/24/05, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess it's the same with any type fishing.. When I do bass fish, and/or > Crappie fish on reg rod and reel.. I use Rooster Tails, Beetle Spins, and > Grub Tailed Jigs that have been around the a LONG time, and they ALL still > catch fish, Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:08 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] My Tom Nixon book arrived!! > > > > Chuck, > > To set you at ease, most of us, (if not all), fish fly patterns from > the > > 20's up to now. The only real changes are the materials we now have > > available and the assortments of hooks. Each tier add is his own bit of > > "Personality" to the flies he, (or Her), ties for their home waters, (and > > those they hope to visit). So the books you have are fine, if you don't > have > > the named materials, compromise with what you do have, who knows, you may > > create the next "Chile Pepper" or Copper John". > > Tie on my friend, experiment, enjoy and have fun. > > Jimi > > > > > > This brings up a question I have had since I checked out some library > books > > Tuesday, but haven't gotten to read them yet.. Three of the books are > circa > > 1970's... Is Flyfishing, type flies, rods, lines, leader and/or tippet > > material.. etc stayed the same enough for these books to be good for a > > newbie like myself??? Or should I buy the new books to learn the latest > > stuff??? And if it has changed a lot, how do I tell which is still in use > > and which is not, without putting out a ton of money on all new > > books???Thanks in advance to anybody who can answer this.. Chuck who is > > goin fishing the next THREE days in a row iffen it don't storm > > Woooooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooooooo > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 6/23/05 > > > > -- "So much water, so little time!" http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html
