On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 01:29:26 GMT, "Hooked" wrote:

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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I fish for smallies quite a bit after June. Dahlberg Divers on top and
Koch's Lampreys on the bottom. A Koch's Lamprey is a lead eyed bunny
leech with a band of red dubbing behind the eyes that supposedly
imitates the gills of the brook lamprey, a small lamprey native to
midwestern streams. I also use a lot of wooly buggers and some
clousers.


George, you live up in Merrill right? I've never heard of these lampreys in
the streams around here. Got any URLs leading to info on these? How about
that "Koch's Lamprey?"

Black/grizzly wooly buggers and chartreuse/white clousers work best for
me.(I just tied up some clousers with bead chain eyes, trying to make a few
lighter than the lead standard which sink too quick in shallow water.) A
few odd nymphs also work.



Here's a link to the native lampreys in Wisconsin.

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/seiche/mar.02/art03.html


The Koch's Lamprey is a local tie. Simple to make. It has a 3" zonker
type tail tied over a matching dubbed body. At the front of the hook
you tie in a pair of lead dumbell eyes. Tand then dub in a band of red
right behind them to represent the gills. The zonker strip is tied at
the front of the hook and then pulled over the dubbed body and
attached again where the hook bend starts.


g.c.