TR for the Bighorn Micro Clave and a Trip to Chas's

Warren wrote:

How do you explain pinks? They can slam a fly, pick it up on
a dead drift and just "hold" the fly or can simply be foul
hooked. I hated how often fish were foul hooked and it was
something that disturbed me. Drifting a heavy fly through
shallow water would often snag a male on the hump.


Do you suppose it would help to tie on a mono weedguard
like on bass and pike flies? It might cut down on fair hookups
too, but it doesn't sound like that would be too much of a
problem.

Kevin,
green with envy

Kevin Vang wrote:
Do you suppose it would help to tie on a mono weedguard
like on bass and pike flies? It might cut down on fair hookups
too, but it doesn't sound like that would be too much of a
problem.

Kevin,
green with envy

An interesting idea Kevin. I haven't had much luck with those weed
guards in weeds, and I have had trouble with them getting mangled by
the pike after a fish or two. We were landing 20 or more fish without
retying the fly, and I doubt the weedguard would help past the first
couple fish. I also should add that we weren't snagging many fish. You
can get the drift working for you and the fly will pass through a
school of 100 fish with one following it out of the pod to strike it in
the open. It's a real kick to watch.

Chas
http://home.comcast.net/~chas.wade/w...ome.html-.html

wrote...
Do you suppose it would help to tie on a mono weedguard
like on bass and pike flies? It might cut down on fair hookups
too, but it doesn't sound like that would be too much of a
problem.

Maybe. I really don't enough experience with fishing flies
with weedguards, or pinks for that matter..... The only time
I really had a problem with foul hooking seemed to be in water
that was about knee deep and maybe 20-30' out. The line would
cross their hump, the belly of the fly line would drag and
cause the fly to hook the males in the hump. A weedguard may
be worth checking out. Tying the flies with the hook point up
may also be something worth looking into.....
--
Warren
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Warren wrote:
Tying the flies with the hook point up
may also be something worth looking into.....
--

The ones I tied are clouser style, mostly to prevent the foul hooking.
It seems to me that managing the drift can also prevent the foul
hooking. Monday and Wednesday I was on the Skagit, and only foul
hooked a couple fish while fair hooking over fifty each day. The
Rockport hole was particularly hot Wednesday. The water was a foot
lower than when you were there, and the fish were easier to see. I
couldn't manage to catch more than seven in a row, but the fun part was
the way they were taking the flies. They would follow the fly for
about ten feet, and then just pick up the fly as they followed it. If
you saw it happening and set the hook it was a nice hookup. If you
were slow enough they spit it out and you had to wait for the next fish
to pick it up on the same cast. I caught a 7.5 pound buck that looked
like Steve's.

Chas
http://home.comcast.net/~chas.wade/w...ome.html-.html