I really should have stopped fishing for the year....

On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:25:41 -0600, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:13:20 -0500, Peter Charles
wrote:

Going back to Tom's post, these streamers I'm working on will be in
two sizes: steelhead and resident trout. I'd like to send a few of
the trout versions off to the Penns crew so they can test drive them
in the spring. Some will be based on the weamer pattern while I'm
working on another style to use for the dace/chub/sculpin class of
baitfish.

For the Sculpin pattern, I'm looking at using a small Wilson or Salar
double turned up to avoid snagging when run deep. I'm aiming for a
weight balance that'll enable it to swim well and still get down.

Ever looked into keel flies? There's a book, "Fishing the Impossible
Places" and I suspect some info on the web.

TC,
R

yes I have but finding som eone who stocks otr can get the hooks
turned out to be a problem. Eventually made some out for 8XL hooks.
Noticed a tendency for them to spin when stripped so I stopped using
them. The spinning could've been the result of my hook bending or
poor tying but I started looking at other solutions after that.

Peter

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On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 07:12:09 -0500, Peter Charles
wrote:

On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:25:41 -0600, wrote:

On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:13:20 -0500, Peter Charles
wrote:

Going back to Tom's post, these streamers I'm working on will be in
two sizes: steelhead and resident trout. I'd like to send a few of
the trout versions off to the Penns crew so they can test drive them
in the spring. Some will be based on the weamer pattern while I'm
working on another style to use for the dace/chub/sculpin class of
baitfish.

For the Sculpin pattern, I'm looking at using a small Wilson or Salar
double turned up to avoid snagging when run deep. I'm aiming for a
weight balance that'll enable it to swim well and still get down.

Ever looked into keel flies? There's a book, "Fishing the Impossible
Places" and I suspect some info on the web.

TC,
R

yes I have but finding som eone who stocks otr can get the hooks
turned out to be a problem. Eventually made some out for 8XL hooks.
Noticed a tendency for them to spin when stripped so I stopped using
them. The spinning could've been the result of my hook bending or
poor tying but I started looking at other solutions after that.

Peter

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I know Mustad makes them - maybe Walt or Bill Kiene could/would stock
them? If not, a Google search ""keel fly" hooks and "keel hook"
produced some, albeit not many, results.

HTH,
R

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.....on Friday past at Penn's. As I stated in my other thread, we were
fishing streamers exclusively(Peter, do I have your attention yet?).


WoW. Loved it.
Dave