A pattern that we use with success in lakes in the Sierra is as follows

Size 14 or 16 wet fly hook
Tie on 2 pcs of pearl crystal flash at rear of hook as a tail. two or three
times the length of the hook
Tie on a thin strip of black plastic (from a garbagge bags) at rear of hook
facing backwards. It will be pulled foreward as a shell back
Dub a bulbous tapered body. Use white, cream, tan, amber or gold dubbing or
peacock hearl.
Pull plastic foreward and tie off at hook eye
Tie in two brown or black goose biots in at eye as legs. should be at least
half the length of body and should point downwards and backwards.

You can add a gold bead at the beginning and use as one sized larger hook

Fish with a split shot and strip fast. Also can fish it as a dropper to a
dry fly

You can tell when ther are water boatmen around when it sounds as if some
one is hitting your float tube with a BB gun



"North Star" northstar_NOSPAM wrote in message
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Can anyone reccomend a link or pattern to tie up some Waterboatmen.

While removing my ice fishing shanty off the lake yesterday, I noticed
through some clear ice a Waterboatmen swimming about. I have heard that
you
must be careful when you tie these not to tie something that might
resemble
a Backswimmer, as these creatures sting, and trout avoid them. This will
be
my first try using waterboatmen, as in the past I have gone with leach
patterns for spring ice out fishing.

Thanks in advance