George: Can you tell me where I can find pics and/or recipe for that "teeny
fly"??. Also, do you know if it catches bluegills too?? Thanks, Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Church" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Back to Basics Bugger
Tom,
Interesting: I too have carried buggers for years. And
I have not kept count, but I beleieve that I have
caught more fish on those flies than all others
combined. I do favor the "Chili Pepper" as tied by Mr.
Spezio. A simple fly and a simple solution to the ever
vexing peoblem of: THE PERFECT FLY. If I don't know
what to fish I tye on a Pepper. I am sure other colors
and variations work well.
I do beleive that we fly tyers spend vast amounts of
money and time on finding the perfect fly. I beleive
that we could all do with with much less. Jim Teeny (
the Teeny Fly ) fishes only his original fly. I
beleive he has gone to adding many colors but still
that simple nymph. And he catches lots of fish.
Maybe the original mouse trap has been figured
out--and only slightly improved?
However, isn't it fun to keep trying to find that
PERFECT fly !
geo--I'll keep trying.
--- Tom Davenport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In the spring I was reading an article in Northwest
fly fishing
written by a fellow who fishes Montana rivers with
streamers,
primarily with what he called a "big ugly spark plug
of a Wooly
Bugger". He had a name for it, and if I find the
article again, I
will send his name and the real name of his bugger,
which I simply
call the "Back to Basics" bugger.
In recent years I have been like the prodigal son,
"seeking wanton
women" when it comes to wooly buggers. I had
abandoned hackle all
together and substituted Mohair or Ice Dub or
brushed Antron or ice
chenille, or all three. I have added beads, and
propellers (and I
have also also spent time with a particularly hot
number called the
"Chili Pepper.")
So along comes this article with this guy saying he
only uses this
one fly, and he catches lots of fish. It was
nothing more than a
simple, traditional bugger, black marabou tail,
brown chenille body,
copper rib, with palmered Cree or Grizzly hackle.
That's it. No
bead, no propeller, no ice dub, no crystal chenille
body, no crystal
flash in the tail, nothing!
So I tied some up for still water fishing using it
as my trailing fly
with one of my gaudy "whores of Babylon" buggers
in the lead...
and ... you guessed it... that plain old bugger has
out fished the
others 10 to one.... including... the venerable
Chili (sorry Tony. It
is probably just our local planted fish. They settle
for hamburger
when they could be having the T-bone)
I just tied up another dozen for tomorrows fishing.
Here is the recipe
Hook: Streamer
Weight: lead weight (if desired, I add weight to
mine)
Thread: Black, or Chili Pepper Orange (Not in his
recipe, but I just
can't resist adding Tony's snazzy orange collar)
Tail: Black Marabou
Body: Brown or Tobacco Brown chenille (In the
article there was just
a picture and a recipe, the recipe said brown, but
it looked tobacco
brown to me, so that is what I have been using)
Rib: Copper Wire
Hackle: Cree or Grizzly
I like to get everything tied in at the bend except
the hackle, then
I wrap the body forward and tie off, attach the
hackle behind the eye
of hook by its butt end and palmer back to the bend,
then anchor it
by palmering the copper over it to the eye.
Some times I also throw on a bead. Old habits die
hard.
Tom Davenport
PS I have change my old [EMAIL PROTECTED] email
addy. The new one
is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
George C.
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"Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
Mark Twain
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