Outdoor Emporium sells some like that. Basically a Clouser with a wee double prop in the very front with a bead between the eyes and the prop.
I've seen a pattern for a larger fly, a Deceiver-type pattern called a Spinster, with a small Indiana blade (a function of the overall fly size) tied off at the front, oriented towards the bottom of the fly (bottom during the retrieve). The hook was different than the standard hook, and was an Eagle Claw 066, I believe, which is a 60 degree jig hook. The bend in the hook get's the fly to track better. The fly was tied initially to attract stripers. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Lufkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 11:59 AM Subject: Propeller flies (was: Re: More pinks on the Stilly) > Hi Charlie, > > Sorry about fowarding your earlier message back to the group before > adding my questions below. Fingers are just moving too fast today I > guess. > > I'm intrigued to hear about the propeller-head fly you used on the > Stilly. Some German flyfishers I ran into up in Alaska a couple years > ago were using propeller flies to really tear up the coho holding in > a tidal estuary before heading upstream to spawn (the coho, not the > Germans ;-) > > Where'd you find the little propellers to tie 'em with? Do you put > something hard (like a bead) right behind the propeller to let it > spin freely and keep it from cutting into the thread head? > > Thanks, > > Kent Lufkin > > > >Fished the lower Stilly from 12 to 4 today thinking the silvers would be in > >by now. What did I find? Still full of pinks, but I'm not complaining, had > >my best day of salmon fishing ever. Eight landed, two more foul hooked and > >I missed another three or four. Another fly guy on the other side was doing > >at least as well. The gear guys just off my shoulder (those guys love to > >fish close) seemed to land them non-stop for about an hour, got tired and > >left.. > > Fly of the dayS. Bead headed chartreuse wolley bugger with white > >palmered hackle, and a propeller on the frontS. > > > >Tight lines my friends, > > Charlie > >
