Simplest flies

Hooked wrote:

Hot glue eggs. A drop of glue on a hook, turned until the glue forms a nice
little ball on the hook, and dipped in water to set. Perfect imitation of
trout and or salmon eggs.

That's not a fly, it's bait.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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That's not a fly, it's bait.

--
Ken Fortenberry


Get real. Bait is made up of living organisms.Spelled MEAT.

If I used a plain hook you would call that "bait" also because it doesn't
have a chicken feather tied to it?

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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That's not a fly, it's bait.

--
Ken Fortenberry


Get real. Bait is made up of living organisms.Spelled MEAT.

If I used a plain hook you would call that "bait" also because it doesn't
have a chicken feather tied to it?

"riverman" wrote:

I have a FlyFishing mag from England that talks about 'minimal flies', and
the most minimal successful fly it offers is a red circle hook. That's it!
They say it works really well, as it replicates a larva of something or
other that trout eat, and the author says he has had good success with it.
They say you can paint a circle hook red, or even simpler, just buy a red
hook.

The next minimal fly was a regular wetfly hook with a brass bead. That was
it! They said that it represented some other critter who rose to the surface
in a little air bubble, or possibly it looked to the fish like a piece of
roe. But the author said that both worked well to catch trout.

Anyone ever made serious use of 'minimalist' flies like these? Puts a whole
new spin on tying your own flies!

--riverman

I know in Lake Washington, they troll for sockeye salmon with just a red hook.
Never done it ... but it works...

Steve Egge

It's a lure, that is not a fly any more than a Johnson silver minnow is a
fly.

Gene

"Hooked" wrote in message
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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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That's not a fly, it's bait.

--
Ken Fortenberry


Get real. Bait is made up of living organisms.Spelled MEAT.

If I used a plain hook you would call that "bait" also because it doesn't
have a chicken feather tied to it?

"Gene Cottrell" wrote in message
...
It's a lure, that is not a fly any more than a Johnson silver minnow is a
fly.

Gene


I'll give you that one. But I would not cast a Johnson Silver Minnow with a
fly rod.

There are also those that would say that a streamer is not a fly, but a
lure.





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"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
- Dan Quayle

"Gene Cottrell" wrote in message
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It's a lure, that is not a fly any more than a Johnson silver minnow is a
fly.

Gene


I'll give you that one. But I would not cast a Johnson Silver Minnow with a
fly rod.

There are also those that would say that a streamer is not a fly, but a
lure.





------------------------------------------------
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
- Dan Quayle

Wait a minute, a Johnson silver minnow isnt a fly? : )
"Gene Cottrell" wrote in message
...
It's a lure, that is not a fly any more than a Johnson silver minnow is a
fly.

Gene

"Hooked" wrote in message
...
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in
message
gy.com...

That's not a fly, it's bait.

--
Ken Fortenberry


Get real. Bait is made up of living organisms.Spelled MEAT.

If I used a plain hook you would call that "bait" also because it
doesn't
have a chicken feather tied to it?

Wait a minute, a Johnson silver minnow isnt a fly? : )
"Gene Cottrell" wrote in message
...
It's a lure, that is not a fly any more than a Johnson silver minnow is a
fly.

Gene

"Hooked" wrote in message
...
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in
message
gy.com...

That's not a fly, it's bait.

--
Ken Fortenberry


Get real. Bait is made up of living organisms.Spelled MEAT.

If I used a plain hook you would call that "bait" also because it
doesn't
have a chicken feather tied to it?

"riverman" wrote in message ...
I have a FlyFishing mag from England that talks about 'minimal flies', and
the most minimal successful fly it offers is a red circle hook. That's it!
They say it works really well, as it replicates a larva of something or
other that trout eat, and the author says he has had good success with it.
They say you can paint a circle hook red, or even simpler, just buy a red
hook.

The next minimal fly was a regular wetfly hook with a brass bead. That was
it! They said that it represented some other critter who rose to the surface
in a little air bubble, or possibly it looked to the fish like a piece of
roe. But the author said that both worked well to catch trout.

Anyone ever made serious use of 'minimalist' flies like these? Puts a whole
new spin on tying your own flies!

--riverman

this is not my own, but was recommended by a friend:

the "nothing special":
- #14-16 dry fly hook
- Black 8/0 thread, waxed
- Dun hackle - two sizes bigger than the hook
- Black crow feather tail

Tie in a couple of fibers from a crow feather for the tail.

Tie in a couple of gray/dun dry fly hackles, and palmer them up to the eye.

Whip finish or half hitch to tie it off...

Tie it on...