The Chromie is a pattern listed in Phil Rowley's new book, Fly Patterns for
Stillwaters. This is a very good chironomid that is often quite effective.
Hook: Tiemco 2457 (use any wet fly hook). Body: silver flashabout (thin).
Rib: single strand of red flashabou or red wire. throax: few turns of
peacock herl. black bead head. Gills: tuft of white sparkle yarn.
I bought the book. Phil Rowley knows his stuff. He is an experienced
stillwater angler who counts Gordon Honey and Brian Chan among his regular
fishing buddies. A lot of knowlege in that trio.
Good Luck!
Les Johnson
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Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: Dry Falls
> I hope you don't mind me asking but I don't know a lot about fly patterns.
> Is that pattern listed in a book or is it a pattern that gets passed only
> between friends?
>
> Thank you,
> Ray :-)
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 5:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Dry Falls
>
>
> > I fished Lenice on Monday (may 14). Left my home in Leavenworth at
4.45am
> > and was on water somewhere around 7.00am. It was cloudy , trying to
> rain,with
> > wind gusting very strongly. I was hopeful that if the wind died down
there
> > would be a good Callibaetis hatch. Conditions remained very difficult,
> making
> > it almost impossible to anchor my tube in deep water and fish the column
> with
> > midge patterns - my favourite form of 'below the surface' still water
> > fishing. One has to watch the end of the line with the concentration of
a
> > hungry heron, and that is close to impossible when there is big wave
> action.
> > Wave action also gives the fly down below an unnatural movement, which
is
> not
> > conducive to a fifty fish day. This can be mitigated in some degree by
> > keeping the last third of the rod under the water which dampens the up
and
> > down movement of the fly to some degree. But then you cannot watch the
> line
> > and have to rely on the tactile sense only - again not conducive to
fifty
> > fish a day .............Anyway, I resigned myself to to finning close in
> to
> > shore and fishing scuds, mayfly nymphs and damsel nymphs around the
> tulles.
> > Action was very slow, two fish to hand by mid-day.
> >
> > I was in two minds to call it a day, but for some reason decided to hang
> in
> > there in the hopes of the wind dropping and the promise of a mayfly
> hatch -
> > exclusive of the wind, the weather was just right for one. There was
bird
> > action all over the lake but for the life of me I could not see what
they
> > were taking , nor could I see any rising pupae or floating shucks. At 67
> the
> > eyes are not what they used to be, but this was getting ridiculous !!
> > However, at about 5.00pm the wind dropped and I saw one mayfly, not two
or
> > three or fifty but one, but it was enough to get the old carcass off the
> > bank, into the tube and back into the fray. That was the mayfly hatch
for
> the
> > day. Not a fish dimple to be seen in any direction - but by god, the
wind
> was
> > down and I was going to rip fifty fishes lips or die in the attempt. I
> > anchored off in in deep water (for Lenice) from 5.10 pm till 7.35 pm in
> water
> > which varied from 16' to 22'; I like to know at exactly what depth I am
> > fishing when fishing the column; in a float tube I use a hand-held depth
> > finder put out by MarCum Ent,Inc.in Minnesota. It is about the size of a
> > standard flash light and is used primarily by ice fisherman. Cabela
sells
> > them under the name of 'Polar Vision' and they are a jewel of a tool.
With
> > this kind of sub-surface fishing I do not use a full sink line, but the
> > slowest intermediate line sold by Airflo with a fast intermediate 8'
> leader,
> > then about 6' of 3 pound test tippet (sometimes 5 pound test) and, as I
> > choose never to weight my flies for still water use, 1 lead shot crimped
> > about 12" above the fly itself. Back to business......... I suceeded in
> > losing the first six fish I hooked (this was becoming one hell of a
day),
> > until I realised I had a bad spool of tippet material. From then on I
> never
> > looked back, from the time I hooked the first fish till I quit at way
> after
> > seven it really was a fish a cast. Keep in mind it takes time for the
> line
> > and fly to sink and often longer to tweak it back up again. That evening
> fish
> > were breathing the fly in on the way down, on the bottom and also at all
> > levels on the way back. I am sure that some of these fish were following
> the
> > fly up before taking it , if it was still a way down they would gently
> suck
> > it in, if close to the surface they would whack it. I used only one
> pattern
> > of fly all evening in two sizes, my fellow countryman (if he still
claims
> to
> > be a Brit) Phil Rowley's Chromie in sizes 10 and 12. It is a
remarkably
> > effective fly. How many fish did I catch ? I truly do not know, I have
> long
> > ago quit the counting game. However, the rainbows ranged from 17" to 22"
> with
> > 2 small browns of about 10 to 12 inches.
> >
> > Moral of this story ? It pays to hang in there, if you have nothing
> better
> > to do.
> >
> > DAB
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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