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