Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The Emerald Trout Bane.

I really like this one. I will be creating more banes with the use of the materials in this one. Mainly the thread. I going to call these ones the Jewel Trout Banes, J.T.B.- Emerald.... and so on.

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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Trout bane.

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This is a tie I came up with that i call trout bane. Its very simple and quick to tie. Its a great little fly. It can be very effective. Sorry not my best pics.... I will get some better ones soon.
 Tie these up in size 20, and dark for a trico nymph. Make them stouter then this one here. Perhaps i will do a step by step tying of the Trout Bane.... Perhaps....

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Tricos! My favorite hatch.

Get ready everybody!!! Its trico time!!! This hatch may seem intimidating to most. The long leaders, light line, small flies and selective trout,  make for challenging yet very rewarding fishing.

The most important thing to do first is to be on the water before the dawn. Now Now,  I know this is early, but if you want to catch over 20 before 8am, then get your butt out of bed. Its cool and beautiful at dawn in July in August.  Check the weather the night before. If its gonna be clear and sunny. Game on. If its gonna be cloudy and possibly raining then sleep in. Well you could hit the bwo hatch, but that's a whole other story. But an important side story!

Tricos like quite smooth flowing water, with silty bottoms. Know of any dams around???  The water above the dam usually will have this type of water for a good distance up stream from the dam

The Male trico hatch in the evening at dark and continue through the night. The females begin to hatch at first light. This is when you can put up great numbers. The male spinners fall first. The males are all black, well a really dark brown, but black does fine. Next the females fall to lay there eggs. The eggs are very close to chartreuse in color. When the eggs have been deposited the females then have a dark thorax with a white abdomen. The spinners are done falling by 930-10am

The nymphs are not all that important. Well not to me. For this hatch, as i am primarily a nymph fisherman. The emergers are VERY important. Don't waste time with duns. Spinners are very important. Both floating and sunk. My next posts will show my patterns of choice and some of my creations for this hatch.
Fancy Brassie Tutorial
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Start your wire at the rear of the hook. Leave yourself a good 4-5" of wire for the rib.

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Wrap your wire forward just like winding your thread. Nice tight touching turns. Stop about 2-3 hooks from the eye.

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Start your thread.

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Tie off your wire and break away the wire.

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Counter rib your wire tag. Tie off the rib and bend and break away the tag

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Tie in 2-3 peacock hurls. Make a dubbing loop. Were going to make the peacock as strong as the copper.

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Hold the peacock hurl in the middle of the loop. Take your dubbing hook and go under the first thread, over the hurl, and hook the thread on the other side of the loop.

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Twist your loop to make a beautiful peacock rope.

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Wrap your rope about two to three turns and tie down, trim the excess.

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whip finish yourself a nice head. Trim thread your got yourself a fancy brassie.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

A twist on an old classic The Brassie

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I saw this style before, but i thought it looked neat. Plus this is an image from my new olympus vg-140. Its got some kick ass macro features. I will post up a tying tutorial. Its real simple and I will show you how to make that peacock collar bomb proof.