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bead head soft hackle --------------------- hook: Tiemco 200R size#16 thread: 8/0 Brown/Olive tail: Olive maribou just slightly bigger than the hook gap body: Adams gray colored dubbing ribbing: Small copper wire. head: 3/32 gold or copper bead collar: Light to medium colored grouse or equivalent soft hackle such as partridge. notes: submitted by Michael Cox (Rocky Raccoon) "My best luck with this fly has come by casting across and down stream. Let the current pull your fly without making any attempts to mend your line. Once the fly has reached the end of the drift let it hang in the current about ten seconds. Make a few slow strips then retrieve and recast." top of page |
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bh pheasant tail midge aka "ketchum" --------------------- hook: Tiemco 2488 size #18-#22 thread: 8/0 brown/olive tail: Two ringneck pheasant tail barbs about 1/16 to 1/8 inch long. Tied in just past the barb in a split tail style. I never tie in a tail so experiment to find your own preferance. body: Two to Four Ringneck Pheasant tail Barbs. ( I pick the lighter colors) ribbing: Small copper wire. Wrapped from the tail to the bead in a segmented fashion. I usually tuck the extra wire into the bead for added durability. head: a copper 5/64 bead notes: submitted by Michael Cox (Rocky Raccoon) "This fly can be effective during a lot of different hatches but I've found it to be very effective during small light colored midge hatches as well as those small BWO's that appear on the HI from time to time. It works well as a dropper or with a strike indicator. Dead drift techniques have worked best for me but an occasional trout will take it on the swing. Experiment with the colors to suite it to individual situations." top of page |
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pheasant tail --------------------- tail: three or four fibers from a pheasant tail feather body: several fibers from a pheasant tail ribbing: copper wire thorax: peacock herl (three or four depending on the size of the hook wing case: several fibers from the tail feather of a pheasant legs: (three or four on each side) fibers from a pheasant tail notes: submitted by Paul Ketron "For weight, I use either a bead for a head or I wrap the hook with lead wire. The bead head makes it easier to finish the head." top of page |
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"surprise" --------------------- hook: mustad 3906 or 3906b thread: black 6/0 tail: white rooster hackle barbs (4-6) shank length body: dubbed muskrat, or caddis green dubbing (alternate) wing: wood duck, tied down wing, no longer than hook bend notes: Can be fished dry or wet, impart cross current motion if wet (This is Frank McGuinn's secret fly, and his illustration, from the March 1996 Hiwassee Chapter Newsletter - Don) top of page |
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30 second fly --------------------- hook: sz 8 mustad aberdeen bait hook thread: brown body: none wing: deer hair notes: Aaron Holdsworth fishes this fly a lot, wet or dry, with or without action, and catches a lot of good fish. I've tried it and found it to be extremely effective, and simple. Even I can tie it! - Don top of page |
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