TR - Attn: DDFS swappers - a pretty good day

"Peter Charles" wrote in message
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I went hunting to find the source, and perhaps patterns, and did find
some
of your photos on the flyfishingforum. I could not find the brown trout
weamer, have you posted this most secret of patterns?



Got to

http://www.mountaincable.net/~pcharl...new/index.html

Flies, Weamers.

This site isn't finished but the weamer section is close to complete.

It's a combination of how the fly is made and how it's fished. It
gets the name because it's made like part spey wet fly and part
streamer and it's fished the same half 'n' half way. It's swung
rather than stripped but the line should be mended and the rod tip
held to maximize a broadside to the current presentation so it swims
like a minnow. It lends itself very well to spey casting, since there
is no stripping, the line on the dangle can simply be picked up and
casted. Very efficient.

It's the only streamer-like pattern I've used that can be effectively
fished in slow, clear water. It doesn't sag in slow currents like a
regular streamer plus it remains life-like even when there's little
current to work it, plus the profile is natural enough to work in
clear water. Still it's most effective in what I've started think of
as "weamer water", slow to medium currents and visibility of 2' to 4'.


Great site, and that was what I needed. From your description of method it
seems this would be ideal for this weekend on the coastal rivers when the
rain is lacking, and the water is still low and clear.

Randy