Rodney, if you tie the tail with something that looks a little more like a trailing shuck along with the soft hackle, it makes for a pretty decent emerger. I tied a bunch of bead head Hare's Ears over the winter and also experimented with different color Ultra Wire for ribbing to add more weight. Don't know if the fish care whether it's hot yellow, red, blue or orange.
--- Rodney Barilleaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh wow, cool, Jeff.... Never thought of using some > soft hackle on a "Hare's > Ear"... Just pictured it and wow, that would work > great... Thank you... > > Rodney.. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Frye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:31 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Shallow Riffles- lift > > > > You give that Liesenring guy permission to put his > > name on a technique that was surely invented by > you. > > The funny part is that on my last trip, I was > doing > > real well on Hare's Ear nymphs that I added a soft > > hackle to (Conranch JV hen). > > > > --- DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Jeff, > > > That technique is called the 'Liesenring lift'. > See > > > this site: > > > > > > > http://www.fineflies.com/Articles/softhackles.htm > > > (3rd par. from bottom) > > > > > > So your advice is more expert than you think. > :o) > > > > > > DonO > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jeff Frye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:50 AM > > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Shallow Riffles > > > > > > > > > > Del, the vast majority of my limited trout > fishing > > > is > > > > done through shallow riffles. My best tip that > has > > > > worked well for me is to fish the swing at the > > > end. > > > > When your line goes tight at the end of the > drift, > > > the > > > > fly will rise with the current. Try to put > that > > > right > > > > in front of holding fish. All I can figure is > it > > > looks > > > > like an emerger, very vulnerable, and they > don't > > > get > > > > as much time to size up what it is and just > react. > > > > That and get the fly down to the bottom > quickly. I > > > > rarely use an indicator as my limited skills > get > > > in > > > > the way of my presenting a good drift with > the > > > > indicator on there. Remember, this is not > expert > > > > advice, just what has fooled a couple of > Missouri > > > wild > > > > rainbows. > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
