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

On Nov 29, 10:17 pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:19:51 -0800 (PST), 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 don't think they add anything to the fly except more expense and
another step in the tying recipe. Rubber legs tend to bend back,
unlike the natural.



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 do not use metal beads. I like to add my own weight to the
leader/tippet and tune it for the conditions. I do, however, use
very, very small glass beads to add sparkle and color to a couple of
my ties. I'm not after weight, and they add very little. They do,
however, enhance a couple of home ties that I use in Maine. But, I do
have a couple of beadhead flies in my box simply because they have
worked for me.

Dave

I like Rubber legged stone flies. Both black and blonde / golden. I
prefer the black, and most of our customers in Maine do too.
I order in a lot of bead head hares ear, and bead head stoneys, along
with zug bugs. Many of the local guys really like bead heads, I
personally am in the middle of the road with them.
I like bead heads the best if the water is a little murky, the copper/
brass or whatever you use, adds a little flash to get some attention,
then profiles nicely as a head. .However I feel that in crystal clear
water I am pulling fewer strikes... this however may be purely
superstition...al, is that a word?

I might also be pulling less strikes on bead heads in clear water
because I lack confidence in them and fish them less. Damn hard to get
a fish to bite a fly if you don't have it in the water.

Dragon fly nymphs work really well with rubber legs added on down here
in the Saco River, and Penobscot, when the Dragon nyphs are in the
water. I pull them along just a foot or so under the surface behind a
floating line.

Lloyd M
http://www.mainetackle.com

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

W. D. Grey wrote:
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 !


Some of the naturals are huge. For example, some of the stonefly nymphs
we have here can be over an inch long. Adding rubber legs actually makes
the fly look more natural.

Tim Lysyk

In article Vyk6j.41460$Zn.14085@edtnps90, Tim Lysyk
writes
W. D. Grey wrote:
In article ZQq4j.19029$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 !


Some of the naturals are huge. For example, some of the stonefly nymphs
we have here can be over an inch long. Adding rubber legs actually
makes the fly look more natural.

Tim Lysyk

Stone flies probably would accept rubber legs.

We use "Rubber legged Daddies" and they work well but don't look very
clever :-)
--
Bill Grey

On 8 Dec, 18:08, "W. D. Grey" wrote:


We use "Rubber legged Daddies" and they work well but don't look very
clever :-)
--
Bill Grey

Get a lot of "rubber legged daddies" here too Bill, especially on
boxing day!

TL
MC

In article
, Mike
writes
On 8 Dec, 18:08, "W. D. Grey" wrote:


We use "Rubber legged Daddies" and they work well but don't look very
clever :-)
--
Bill Grey

Get a lot of "rubber legged daddies" here too Bill, especially on
boxing day!

TL
MC


.....and why not eh?....:-)
--
Bill Grey

On 8 Dec, 19:00, "W. D. Grey" wrote:


Get a lot of "rubber legged daddies" here too Bill, especially on
boxing day!

TL
MC

....and why not eh?....:-)
--
Bill Grey

Indeed! Y Ddraig Goch ddyry gychwyn! Nadolig Llawen.

TL
MC

In article
, Mike
writes
On 8 Dec, 19:00, "W. D. Grey" wrote:


Get a lot of "rubber legged daddies" here too Bill, especially on
boxing day!

TL
MC

....and why not eh?....:-)
--
Bill Grey

Indeed! Y Ddraig Goch ddyry gychwyn! Nadolig Llawen.

TL
MC

Diolch yn Fawr a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda.
--
Bill Grey