Cat's whisker (streamer) question

Howdy,

I posted this to another forum, but thought it might be interesting
to see what ROFFians and ROFFTians have to say about it:

I was reading an article that mentions the cat's whisker (and
variations thereof) as being a good fly for some of the waters I
regularly fish. In reading various tying instructions and descriptions
of the fly, it seem that it's usually tied with bead-chain eyes. My
questions a Are the bead-chain eyes tied on like a Clouser (i.e., on
the "outside" of the shank so the fly will ride hook-point up)? And if
so, do you tie the wing on the hook side so it is on top of the fly?

My reason for asking this is that I hate having the wing on the hook
side, as it invariably twists arond the hook, and could even interfere
with hook-setting.

So do you just put the wing on the bottom, or do you put the
bead-chain eyes on the other side of the shank so it rides hook-point
down? Or am I making much ado about nothing? :-)


Chuck Vance

"Conan The Librarian" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Howdy,

I posted this to another forum, but thought it might be interesting to
see what ROFFians and ROFFTians have to say about it:

I was reading an article that mentions the cat's whisker (and
variations thereof) as being a good fly for some of the waters I regularly
fish. In reading various tying instructions and descriptions of the fly,
it seem that it's usually tied with bead-chain eyes. My questions a Are
the bead-chain eyes tied on like a Clouser (i.e., on the "outside" of the
shank so the fly will ride hook-point up)? And if so, do you tie the wing
on the hook side so it is on top of the fly?

My reason for asking this is that I hate having the wing on the hook
side, as it invariably twists arond the hook, and could even interfere
with hook-setting.

So do you just put the wing on the bottom, or do you put the bead-chain
eyes on the other side of the shank so it rides hook-point down? Or am I
making much ado about nothing? :-)


Chuck Vance

It was not originally tied with bead chain eyes;

http://business.virgin.net/british.c...tswhisker.html

TL
MC

Mike Connor wrote:

It was not originally tied with bead chain eyes;

http://business.virgin.net/british.c...tswhisker.html

Mike,

Unless I'm missing something, those all have bead-chain eyes.


Chuck Vance (or are we missing something "in translation"? :-)

"Conan The Librarian" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Mike Connor wrote:

It was not originally tied with bead chain eyes;

http://business.virgin.net/british.c...tswhisker.html

Mike,

Unless I'm missing something, those all have bead-chain eyes.


Chuck Vance (or are we missing something "in translation"? :-)

If you read the article, you will discover that David Train used cats
whiskers tied to the hook in order to obviate the problem you are currently
addressing, namely to stop the wing wrapping around the hook.

If you want to avoid these problems, tie the fly like a clouser, and use
arctic fox instead of marabou.

TL
MC

Mike Connor wrote:

If you read the article, you will discover that David Train used cats
whiskers tied to the hook in order to obviate the problem you are currently
addressing, namely to stop the wing wrapping around the hook.

If you want to avoid these problems, tie the fly like a clouser, and use
arctic fox instead of marabou.

Thanks for the suggestion. I have some arctic fox that I bought to
use as parachute post and streamer material, so I'll give it a try. I
was also thinking about using some estaz or "cactus chenille" for the
body to add a bit of flash.


Chuck Vance

"Conan The Librarian" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
SNIP
Thanks for the suggestion. I have some arctic fox that I bought to use
as parachute post and streamer material, so I'll give it a try. I was
also thinking about using some estaz or "cactus chenille" for the body to
add a bit of flash.


Chuck Vance

There are quite a few variations tied with cactus chenille, ice dub, etc
etc. All seem to catch well.

TL
MC