Hi,
somehow on the web (I guess GlobalFF) I found an article where they
described how Carrie tied her first flies.
They write, that she tied in long bucktail as throat and one feather at
each side of the hook.
That sounds to me that these flies would swimm upside down. Todays style
for these flies suggest, that todays streamer, which are call Cerrie for
her name, do swim in the 'normal' way. Has anybody information on this?
Rene
Peggy Brenner wrote:
I've been experimenting with the fishing part of streamers for several
years and I've caught more with the bucktail and marabou versions than
feather wings. And this is my theory for what it's worth, the
feathers are different now that in the early streamer tying days,
although they sure do look pretty.
We spent 6 weeks up in Northwestern Maine this summer and my log book
says marabou and bucktails, and that was at the upper dam, the lakes
and rapid river. The real long feathers can get a fish or two trolling
in the deep lakes, but for casting nothing beats a size 4-6 and I use
the 94720. It's a light hook and I make a sparse fly.
Peggy
On Nov 8, 2007 10:03 PM, Joseph Fusco, Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Rene -
The jungle cock eyes are not "required" but they are "traditional" on
classic feather wing Maine streamers. I will probably tie a hair wing
version of one of the classic smelt patterns and I will probably use small
doll eyes glued to the head rather than jungle cock eyes.
When I lived in the northeast - I was born in Albany, NY, raised in Glens
Falls, NY, caught my first trout (a small brown) on the Battenkill, lived in
the Burlington Vermont area and fished in Vermont for over 11 years - I got
to the point where I preferred hair wing streamers to the feather wing
versions, so that is what I will probably tie.
--
Joe Fusco, Sr.
Member of The Missouri Trout Fishermen's Association and The Virtual Fly Box
REMEMBER CANCER IS A WORD NOT A SENTENCE
On Nov 8, 2007 1:31 PM, Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As preparation for the streamer swap I'm investigating about Carries
flies.
All flies I found on the Global Flyfisher site ave jungle cook as eyes.
Are these feathers a must? Did Carrie use them on all flies? Or are
flies allowed without the eyes?
Rene
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