Re: Lone Lake

[Jere Crosby]

My "new and improved" wooly-bugger for over here in Idaho is a rubber-legged wooly-bugger.  Tie in the rubber legs in the middle and flare them away from the body with thread tension. (you do not want them against the body and hidden in the material.)  Include your rib of choice at the back.  Wrap the chenille (tight behind the legs and in between to secure them in position)  Wrap your hackle butt end from the head.  I make two turns up front to get the long, webby hackle up front and then palmer back.  Now the rib can spiral counter forward holding down the hackle.(Not counter wrapped, but normal and it will be counter to the hackle)  If I do it right(sometimes) the hackle tip is entered into the tail and left untrimmed.  Rubber legs add life-like realism to the fly and have been the "trigger" mechanism to the strike.  You can strip slow and get movement from the rubber legs.  Another twist is to drop off a length of chenille under the fly at the back.(bend the end portion of chenille over the thread and draw it up under the hook at the base of the tail.  Then the chenille that you wrap.  After wrapping towards the front with the chenille, next pull the under chenille forward and tie off at the front.  This makes a two tone body.  You can be light colored under and dark over- whatever.  One of my successful lake producers is to tie these flies SMALL.  I like a #14  3xLong (9672)  Most everyone else is fishing the pattern much larger.  Jere           ----- Original Message ----- From: bhtrading To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 8:06 PM Subject: Re: Lone Lake Hi- I've had some luck there in the past on a olive wooly bugger & an olive scud; fished slow & deep this time of year.  I've been told that a Christmas chronomid is good there although I haven't tried it yet.  I tie it as follows: white bead head, body of bright green holographic tinsel, red wire or red tinsel rib & peacock herl thorax.  I may come over this week-end if the forecast gets a little better-let me know if you're fishing it & maybe we can meet up - Bill Hamilton- I've also heard that a red chron. is good. ----- Original Message ----- From: Baert H. Simmons To: waflyfishers Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 8:03 AM Subject: Lone Lake I was out on Lone Lake yesterday at Whidbey Island.  I got one on a black chironomid and that was it.  Others around me seemed to be catching a few fish.  Can anyone help me with patterns that might work on Lone Lake?   Baert Simmons