Crackleback vs. Griffith's Gnat (another newbie question)

On Dec 6, 3:02 pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
mdk77 wrote:
I'm beginning the process of tying my flies for next season, which
will be my 2nd season of fly fishing. One place I'm planning on
fishing for Rainbow & Brown trout next season has two flies on the
"recommended list" that look kind of similar to my newbie eyes:

Cracklebacks: http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...80502fotw.html

Griffith's Gnats: http://hipwader.com/2004/tying-griffiths-gnat-pattern

Are these different enough to make it worth my while to tie both?

I'm guessing you must be planning to fish in Missouri somewhere
because that's the only place I know of where a Crackleback would
be on the recommended list. It is definitely a "regional fly".

My advice would be to buy the pattern sheet and the dyed turkey
rounds plus an actual Crackleback to copy directly from Feathercraft.

http://www.feather-craft.com/2007mas...ge.asp?page=94

A Crackleback resembles a Griffith's Gnat like a poodle resembles
a fox terrier, I mean they're both dogs, but ...

--
Ken Fortenberry

Thanks Ken. That's good advice. It's pretty humbling to be a newbie
and have to ask so many questions like this. But I figure that if I
never ask, I'll never learn.

On Dec 6, 3:23 pm, mdk77 wrote:
On Dec 6, 3:02 pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:



mdk77 wrote:
I'm beginning the process of tying my flies for next season, which
will be my 2nd season of fly fishing. One place I'm planning on
fishing for Rainbow & Brown trout next season has two flies on the
"recommended list" that look kind of similar to my newbie eyes:

Cracklebacks: http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...80502fotw.html

Griffith's Gnats: http://hipwader.com/2004/tying-griffiths-gnat-pattern

Are these different enough to make it worth my while to tie both?

I'm guessing you must be planning to fish in Missouri somewhere
because that's the only place I know of where a Crackleback would
be on the recommended list. It is definitely a "regional fly".

My advice would be to buy the pattern sheet and the dyed turkey
rounds plus an actual Crackleback to copy directly from Feathercraft.

http://www.feather-craft.com/2007mas...ge.asp?page=94

A Crackleback resembles a Griffith's Gnat like a poodle resembles
a fox terrier, I mean they're both dogs, but ...

--
Ken Fortenberry

Thanks Ken. That's good advice. It's pretty humbling to be a newbie
and have to ask so many questions like this. But I figure that if I
never ask, I'll never learn.

p.s. Ken, you're correct in that I'm heading to fish the Taneycomo,
(Missouri) tailwaters, about a mile down from the dam.