Griffith's Gnats are my go-to flies....probably one where you can really get
away with trimming the hackle. I will often fish them without any floatant,
which makes them more of an emerger, and will usually get my strike AFTER
the perfect float just when it starts to drag.
Rules of fly-fishing?! Yeah, RIGHT!
On 12/16/06, Reuven Segal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You can get midge hackle for the smaller ones, or use the tiny feathers on
a
cape closest to the neck. When I don't want to use the midge hackle, I
just
use a normal hackle and trim it down....it still floats like a champ. Not
the ideal, but it works just as well.
R
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Desert Eagle
Sent: Sunday, 17 December 2006 3:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [VFB] Hackle Question
OK, need some input here. I am trying to get some Griffith gnats ties in
20
down. Problem is the hackle being to long. They look more like a spider
than a gnat.
Question, is there a particular place on a pelt that will have suitably
small enough feathers for hackles this small? Or do you just use the very
tip of a dry fly hackle and hope it is right.
I am having a dickens of a time finding brown and grizzly hackle to work
on
these as well as Wardens Worries down to hopefully 22 or 24 if I can.
Thanks in advance.
Jimi
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