Thanks Tony: At this time of year, what color are the young crawdads. I found the shell of an adult (6" long) on the bank. The fish we caught had no crawdads in their stomachs, just sowbugs. However, I have been informed that crawdads are a mainstay food for the trout in this water...
LJ >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/10/2006 3:19 PM >>> The Chili Pepper makes a good Crawdad pattern. Tony --- Larry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, sowbug people: I recently accepted an > invitation to be the faculty advisor to an on-campus > fly-fishing club. No big deal. Not as much > interest as we anticipated. One student, however, > has been very energetic and helpful in this whole > activity. He e-mailed me last Thursday and invited > me to go with him to a tail-water to fish for some > very big trout. This creek has no road, but has a > rail-road down it's entire length (12 miles). I > went yesterday, and fished sowbugs for the very > first time. I caught four Browns, one was a fat > 15-incher. Very proud of myself. I have long been > the dry-fly purist, and wouldn't take the time to > try anything else. The other thing is that the > stream is apparently full of Crayfish. I had been > deleting all the post about crayfish patterns > because I didn't even know where to fish them, and > now I wish that I had some. Please post your > patterns one more time for a lazy VFB list member. > Thank you all for allowing me to ramble. By the > way, I walked so far yesterday that I walked my > back-side clear off. Those of you who know me can > imagine my robust silhouette with no butt... !! > Quite an image. > > Larry Johnson > Springville, Utah > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/8/2006 9:15:32 PM >>> > just post it on here. > > > > > > >From: Anthony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [VFB] Crawfish and Fish catching - > pattern Date: Mon, 8 May > >2006 19:58:12 -0700 (PDT) > > > >I would like to see it too. > >Tony > > > >--- Ian Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >--------------------------------- > > > >Bob, > > > > > > > >I mailed the pattern to a couple of listers lat > >night.. > > > >I'll send it to you in a day or two (I have hte pdf > on > >a computer other than this one), > > > > > > > >Ian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >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
