What's Your Favorite Fly For...

for smallmouth bass and what is your favorite fly for catching the
"gamest
fish that swims"?

Foxee Red Clouser Minnow - an excellent imitation of a fleeing soft craw
or
small sculpin.

Joe C.

Joe, would you mind posting the colors etc for that?

wayne

Why are most crawfish patterns generally tied in orange? Except for
cooked ones, all the crawfish I've seen are primarilly greenish,
brownish, and grayish in color.

Maybe the fish like them cooked too?

Willi

"Willi" wrote in message
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Why are most crawfish patterns generally tied in orange? Except for
cooked ones, all the crawfish I've seen are primarilly greenish,
brownish, and grayish in color.


There are some crayfish (note Northern spelling) that are reddish when live.
Here's an example:
http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/htdocs2/htdocs2/crawfish.jpg . Some of the ones
I see in Mass have a lot of orange with a background of brownish-green.
--
Stan Gula

The fly is very simple. Use Red Fox body fur (creamy reddish orange - light
color with gray underfur) for the "underwing'. I like two to four strands
of copper flashabou longer than the belly. Then the top wing is red fox
tail fur - much darker reddish brown.

I will post a pic to ABPF

Joe

"Wayne P" wrote in message
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for smallmouth bass and what is your favorite fly for catching the
"gamest
fish that swims"?

Foxee Red Clouser Minnow - an excellent imitation of a fleeing soft craw
or
small sculpin.

Joe C.

Joe, would you mind posting the colors etc for that?

wayne

Thanks! - looking forward to seeing pic

wayne



"Cornmuse" wrote in message
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The fly is very simple. Use Red Fox body fur (creamy reddish orange -
light
color with gray underfur) for the "underwing'. I like two to four strands
of copper flashabou longer than the belly. Then the top wing is red fox
tail fur - much darker reddish brown.

I will post a pic to ABPF

Joe

"Wayne P" wrote in message
...
for smallmouth bass and what is your favorite fly for catching the
"gamest
fish that swims"?

Foxee Red Clouser Minnow - an excellent imitation of a fleeing soft
craw
or
small sculpin.

Joe C.

Joe, would you mind posting the colors etc for that?

wayne