While I was sleeping last night, Dr. D and Buggs actually worked out a pretty cool pattern approach (they rarely work together on anything). It sounds very reasonable to me, and I want to try it this evening. I'll let you know how it works out.
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Machon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Cranefly photos and nymph > > I guess it's only important to figure out what they look like to fish! > > Kev > > > From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [VFB] Cranefly photos and nymph > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:58:38 -0600 > > Kevin, > > To me they look like a cross between a caterpillar and an earthworm. > > DonO > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Machon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 10:25 PM > Subject: RE: [VFB] Cranefly photos and nymph > > > > DonO: > > > > Although not related, they are often listed in fly fishing books in the > same > > chapter as hellgrammites (dobsonflies, family corydalidae). > > > > Looking at the picture you noted, I see hellgrammite w/out > appendiges...... > > > > Just a thought > > > > Kev > > > > > > > > From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: [VFB] Cranefly photos and nymph > > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:05:09 -0600 > > > > See worm-nymph photo 4th row from the bottom on right. > > > > http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/craneflies_tipulidae > > > > The worm-dunkers swear by these for live bait. A good fly should work > also. > > Working on it. > > > > DonO > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: DonO > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 5:34 PM > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: Rock Worm - DonO > > > > > > JimmyD, > > > > Thanks. I don't know if these were tied to imitate the specific worm > I > > saw, but my version would be a very clean, non-fuzzy fly- like a garden > > worm. If there was a sinking foam, it would be perfect shaped in a > tapered > > segmented tube. I'm thinking of a tiny rolled laytex cigar-shaped deal, > > tying just the head to a small hook and letting the body move in the > > current. > > > > DonO > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jimmy D. Moore > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 4:27 PM > > Subject: [VFB] Re: Rock Worm - DonO > > > > > > On page 234 Perrault's Std. Dictionary of Fishing Flies I found two > > patterns for the Rock Worm. Neither of these were the green version. > > Hope this helps. > > > > JIMMY D > > > > Fly - Rock Worm > > Body: Tan linen thread > > Hackle: Badger soft collar > > NOTE: Rhyachophila lobifera > > > > Fly - Rock Worm > > Body: Black dyed ostrich herl > > Hackle: Badger hair spun as hackle > > Head: Black thread. > > > > DonO wrote: > > > > > > Met a guy dunking worms with his 8 yr old son, and struck up a > > friendship. They were using Colorado meat rigs, i.e. fly rods with > > automatic reels and mono line, with split shot and either a crawler or a > > rock worm. I gave the little guy some flies which included a scud, and > he > > proceeded to catch a 3-lb sucker and an almost 5lb carp on the scud. The > > night before he caught and landed a 2.7lb brown on a rock worm larva. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.6/902 - Release Date: > > 7/15/2007 2:21 PM > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.6/902 - Release Date: > 7/15/2007 > > 2:21 PM > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Need a brain boost? Recharge with a stimulating game. Play now! > > http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=club_hotmailtextlink1 > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.6/902 - Release Date: 7/15/2007 > 2:21 PM > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://liveearth.msn.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.8/904 - Release Date: 7/16/2007 5:42 PM >
