Bill, Thank you for your kind words, I'm just glad you were able to make out what I was trying to saying through my grammatical errors :) I should spend as much time typing as I do tying :)
Tim <>< >-----Original Message----- >From: "bhtrading" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 20:33:45 -0800 >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Weighted flies > >Yeah I've seen your flies too Mr Coleman-unfortuntately they are always >gorgeous & catch fish. Nice to hear from you. bill hamilton >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tim Coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 6:16 PM >Subject: Re: Weighted flies > > >> One of the things I done to help me my marabou patterns sink, without >having to resort to added weight, is to remove the stems before tying the >marabou on. I put the feather in a loop and spin it on, it gives it a full >effect without a lot of bulk. I'll then add a collar feather to improve the >silhouette. Additionally, I use a heavy wire hook and as small of a tippet >as I can get away with. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Tim <>< >> >> On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:52:48 -0800 Rob Blomquist ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >On Friday 04 January 2002 04:38 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke: >> >> Have you folks ever checked out the "extra" depth you get with a >weighed >> >>fly in a wet fly swing? >> > >> >Well, there are several things that come into play in a fly that is >sinking. >> > >> >First off, its weight. But I guess that's a little bonehead for this >gang, >> >Then, there is the total resistance to sinking which is everything added >to >> >the hook. The best sinking fly will be a bare hook of the heaviest metal >that >> >you care to tie with. Anything that adds to that bare hook slows it down. >Big >> >marabous, big bunny leaches, big patterns of cactus chenille, or anything >> >like these are tougher to sink if only for what they are made of. >> > >> >I was chatting with my local fly shop purveyor about my fishing methods >and >> >lack of sucess, and he suggested that I work on tying heavier flies by >using >> >heavier, bigger hooks. As my type 4 sink tip and my 4 foot leader are >right, >> >but my flies are probably rising up off the bottom due to their size and >> >resistance. >> > >> >So I have shifted to tying only patterns on #1-3/0, and weighting the fly >if >> >necessary to get the size and sink rate I want. You ought to see the wire >> >size on a Tiemco 7999 3/0. I have also been paring down my marabous so >they >> >sink faster with less hackle. >> > >> >I have only been able to fish them for a short time on the Tolt last >weekend, >> >but they sunk like rocks with thin marabou hackles, and tinsel bodies. It >was >> >quite amazing to see. Heck and that was with no prewetting of the >marabou. >> > >> >Rob >> > >> >-- >> >Rob Blomquist >> >Kirkland, WA >> > >> > >> >> Have you gotten your free email at fishing.com or flyfishing.com? I got >mine, come get yours! Visit www.fishing.com or www.flyfishing.com to sign >up! >> >> > > >-- > >_______________________________________________ >1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! > >http://www.getpennytalk.com/cgi-bin/adforward.cgi?p_key=RG9853KJ&url=http://www.getpennytalk.com > > > > Have you gotten your free email at fishing.com or flyfishing.com? I got mine, come get yours! Visit www.fishing.com or www.flyfishing.com to sign up!
