wiggle nymphs

Larry L wrote:

Both my notes and my reference books make a "wiggle" nymph tied on two hooks
with a hinge in the middle seem like a good idea.

I experimented with them a bunch several years ago on larger nymphs (green
drakes, October caddis and stoneflies).

I've never fished such
a tie and wonder ... are they really worth the effort

no.

or are they just
another sounds good and looks good in the vise but doesn't fish that well,
tie ...

yes.

I think segmented leech patterns for winter steelhead MAY be slightly more
effective than the non-segmented ones, but since these flies are fished
right on the bottom, and therefore often hung up and lost, I don't think
the extra time, effort and cost are worth it in the end.

JR

"Larry L" wrote in message
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I'm starting to tie up a stock for next year and on the list are Brown
Drake
look-a-likes.

Both my notes and my reference books make a "wiggle" nymph tied on two
hooks
with a hinge in the middle seem like a good idea. I've never fished
such
a tie and wonder ... are they really worth the effort or are they just
another sounds good and looks good in the vise but doesn't fish that well,
tie ...

I only get a very few days a year to try Brown Drake ties and I'm fairly
happy with my "emerger" but would like to try and extend this last light
hatch by fishing a nymph before the fish start surface feeding .... I've
had
good luck with this on the somewhat similar Hex hatch, but have never
tried
a wiggling fly


the only hex and drake nymph patterns I have fished are the "wiggle" type.
They are very useful bottom fished on deep holes in sandy areas on the
streams in northern michigan. On those waters they are very much worth the
effort.

Wayne Knight wrote:



the only hex and drake nymph patterns I have fished are the "wiggle" type.
They are very useful bottom fished on deep holes in sandy areas on the
streams in northern michigan. On those waters they are very much worth the
effort.


If they're the only patterns you tried, how do you know they're worth
the effort? (although if the "wiggle" is going to work, I think it would be
with big, animated nymphs like that).

Willi

"Willi & Sue" wrote in message
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If they're the only patterns you tried, how do you know they're worth
the effort?

Maybe because i caught fish with them? More precisely in this case when
inquiring about hex nymphs, that's what the local fly shops pointed out.

"Wayne Knight" wrote

the only hex and drake nymph patterns I have fished are the "wiggle" type.
They are very useful bottom fished on deep holes in sandy areas on the
streams in northern michigan. On those waters they are very much worth the
effort.


I've caught trout on unjointed Hex nymphs.... but the wiggle may be better
for them and Brown Drakes, they are huge bugs and they do wiggle G

I'm going to tie up some with and some without the wiggle joint and try
both, Like Hexs, Brown Drakes hatch at dark and bring up the biggest fish.
That makes entomology and getting good natural models for tying tough, since
you have to choose between trying to catch and examine bugs in the dark or
casting to huge trout .... so far the trout have won G