Adding rubber legs to nymphs. Any of you use these?

The other night I read about tying fine rubber legs to standard nymph
patterns,(like Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear, Fox Squirrel, etc). It would
be easy to add legs to some of my nymph patterns, but do they really
fish any better than the standard nymph patterns?

Since I'm asking the above question, I might as well ask about adding
a bead head to these patterns too. Does the bead make them any more
effective?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

On Nov 29, 2:19 pm, mdk77 wrote:
The other night I read about tying fine rubber legs to standard nymph
patterns,(like Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear, Fox Squirrel, etc). It would
be easy to add legs to some of my nymph patterns, but do they really
fish any better than the standard nymph patterns?

Since I'm asking the above question, I might as well ask about adding
a bead head to these patterns too. Does the bead make them any more
effective?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

p.s.

I was half-scared to post again after the "boiled giblet gravy leader
war" that erupted the last time I posted here :-)

Surely this is an easier question to answer...

On Nov 29, 12:22 pm, mdk77 wrote:
On Nov 29, 2:19 pm, mdk77 wrote:

The other night I read about tying fine rubber legs to standard nymph
patterns,(like Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear, Fox Squirrel, etc). It would
be easy to add legs to some of my nymph patterns, but do they really
fish any better than the standard nymph patterns?

Since I'm asking the above question, I might as well ask about adding
a bead head to these patterns too. Does the bead make them any more
effective?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

p.s.

I was half-scared to post again after the "boiled giblet gravy leader
war" that erupted the last time I posted here :-)

Surely this is an easier question to answer...

I vote yes. Don't know the exact pattern but I have some nymphs with
rubber legs( with and without bead heads) that seem to work ( better
in lakes it seems). Some have white legs some black. It may be that
I fish them more and more attentively that makes them work better, but
they work

mdk77 wrote:
The other night I read about tying fine rubber legs to standard nymph
patterns,(like Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear, Fox Squirrel, etc). It would
be easy to add legs to some of my nymph patterns, but do they really
fish any better than the standard nymph patterns?

I doubt it. Look at an actual nymph. Does it look like it has rubber
legs? No. This is something to catch fishermen, not fish.

As an exception, rubber legs on a stonefly or salmonfly nymph look
pretty good to my eye.

Since I'm asking the above question, I might as well ask about adding
a bead head to these patterns too. Does the bead make them any more
effective?

I don't like bead heads, either. They're only good, IMO, for adding
weight. I'd rather add my own weight in the amount I want. Also, I want
the nymph to float *above* the weight. That's why I like to use Frog's
Fanny or the much cheaper hydrophobic Cabosil in the dubbing.

I tie my nymphs in a minimalist style. YMMV.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

On Nov 29, 2:30 pm, rw wrote:
mdk77 wrote:
The other night I read about tying fine rubber legs to standard nymph
patterns,(like Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear, Fox Squirrel, etc). It would
be easy to add legs to some of my nymph patterns, but do they really
fish any better than the standard nymph patterns?

I doubt it. Look at an actual nymph. Does it look like it has rubber
legs? No. This is something to catch fishermen, not fish.


That's one of the reasons I posted the question. They don't look like
an actual nymph. But I wondered if this was one of those crazy things
that fish go after, even though it doesn't resemble anything "real" in
their world. Thanks.

mdk77 wrote:
On Nov 29, 2:30 pm, rw wrote:

mdk77 wrote:

The other night I read about tying fine rubber legs to standard nymph
patterns,(like Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear, Fox Squirrel, etc). It would
be easy to add legs to some of my nymph patterns, but do they really
fish any better than the standard nymph patterns?

I doubt it. Look at an actual nymph. Does it look like it has rubber
legs? No. This is something to catch fishermen, not fish.



That's one of the reasons I posted the question. They don't look like
an actual nymph. But I wondered if this was one of those crazy things
that fish go after, even though it doesn't resemble anything "real" in
their world. Thanks.




I think that sometimes trout respond to a "super stimulus" -- something
that exaggerates a natural feature. I just don't think that rubber legs
on a nymph work that way. I may be wrong.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

rw wrote:

As an exception, rubber legs on a stonefly or salmonfly nymph look
pretty good to my eye.

Some good patterns have rubber legs. Bitch Creeks, rubber-legged stones.
I think they are woirth it if you fish water that has lots of stoneflies.

I don't like bead heads, either. They're only good, IMO, for adding
weight. I'd rather add my own weight in the amount I want. Also, I want
the nymph to float *above* the weight. That's why I like to use Frog's
Fanny or the much cheaper hydrophobic Cabosil in the dubbing.

I like bead heads. I use them a lot, especially as a dropper attached to
dry fly.


I tie my nymphs in a minimalist style. YMMV.


I like to as well, but I don;t think that the bead heads or rubber legs
overly complicate a pattern.

Tim Lysyk

In article ufK3j.33783$Zn.3639@edtnps90, Tim Lysyk
writes
rw wrote:
As an exception, rubber legs on a stonefly or salmonfly nymph look
pretty good to my eye.

Some good patterns have rubber legs. Bitch Creeks, rubber-legged
stones. I think they are woirth it if you fish water that has lots of
stoneflies.

I don't like bead heads, either. They're only good, IMO, for adding
weight. I'd rather add my own weight in the amount I want. Also, I
want the nymph to float *above* the weight. That's why I like to use
Frog's Fanny or the much cheaper hydrophobic Cabosil in the dubbing.

I like bead heads. I use them a lot, especially as a dropper attached
to dry fly.

I tie my nymphs in a minimalist style. YMMV.


I like to as well, but I don;t think that the bead heads or rubber legs
overly complicate a pattern.

Tim Lysyk

It would then cease to be a nymph !
--
Bill Grey

W. D. Grey wrote:

I like to as well, but I don;t think that the bead heads or rubber
legs overly complicate a pattern.

Tim Lysyk

It would then cease to be a nymph !

Why do you say that, Bill?

Tim Lysyk

In article ZQq4j.19029$HH2.5274@edtnps82, Tim Lysyk
writes
W. D. Grey wrote:

I like to as well, but I don;t think that the bead heads or rubber
legs overly complicate a pattern.

Tim Lysyk
It would then cease to be a nymph !

Why do you say that, Bill?

Tim Lysyk

I just think a nymph is something quite small and the addition of rubber
legs makes it more of a lure than an imitation that's all !
--
Bill Grey