One thing Les left out that's important unless you tie very fast or are a fly tying
"addict" is to coat the body with either Sally Hansen's nail polish or Soft Body.
Even with a coating on the fly the fish still rip the flies up.
I have a tattered chromie proudly sitting in my chironimid box that I see everytime I
open the box up.
I've been using that pattern since last May and it seems to work in just about every
chronie hatch.
Bill W
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> From: Les Johnson[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 4:15 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Dry Falls
>
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "flyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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 :-)
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 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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