Now you know my source... That's where I got mine. If you could find the propellers it would be an easy tie. They call them HI-COUNTRY FLIES and they're on the counter next to the regular flies. For $1.39 I think it's hard to beat. I only had one and it came home with me after catching all 8 fish and impaling a couple of others.. Not bad for a cheap fly.
Tight lines my friends, Charlie > From: "rderedfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 16:21:48 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Propeller flies (was: Re: More pinks on the Stilly) > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 16:25:20 -0700 > > 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 >> >> > >
