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I'm putting this here as it's for the legit fly tiers....
I love tying on hooks, love the look of the fly, the history of them etc.
On a recent trip fishing these flies on size 2,4 and 6 hooks (mostly 4's) I hooked 12 fish, got in 6...lost 3 on rocks (can accept that) lost 3 that ran and LLR me...and of the 6 i got in 3 I brought to my feet and looked at but didn't touch..
I landed my first fish ( a smaller steelhead) and then lost the next 4....I have never lost that many fish before in a row...
I talked to a few guys who are such solid steel headers I can really respect what they say and was told their catch/landed rate is around 60-65% on these flies.
One said..."Hey sometimes the fish get to win" which has really stuck with since...I keep saying that in the back of my mind but I CAN'T STAND LOSING FISH!!!!!
I got back from the trip and immediately sat at my vise trying to come up with some tubes that would emulate a classic fly..I got some that aren't bad but most are what one of my buds referred to tubes as "lures"
Also this past week I got my sweet "Little brother" Bruce and Walker powerlite 12'4 and took it out to put it through it's paces....I was trying what i would probably use in the harshest conditions and went through a few different tubes...ranging from sunrays to big black and blue muddler looking things with a ton of movement....hooked and landed this pig and the hook was set in the corner and while fighting the fish (great fight by the way) I saw it there and KNEW i wasn't going to lose this one..
SO...long story I know...but this has been gnawing at me since then...and I'm hoping to come up with something that still has the classical fly roots but with the reliablilty for me of the tube?
now in closing let me add this.. if your fishing for weeks or months at at a time on rivers with a chance at lots of steelhead so losing a few isn't a big deal then that's IMHO a mute point...
What are your thoughts and/or experiences?
I love tying on hooks, love the look of the fly, the history of them etc.
On a recent trip fishing these flies on size 2,4 and 6 hooks (mostly 4's) I hooked 12 fish, got in 6...lost 3 on rocks (can accept that) lost 3 that ran and LLR me...and of the 6 i got in 3 I brought to my feet and looked at but didn't touch..
I landed my first fish ( a smaller steelhead) and then lost the next 4....I have never lost that many fish before in a row...
I talked to a few guys who are such solid steel headers I can really respect what they say and was told their catch/landed rate is around 60-65% on these flies.
One said..."Hey sometimes the fish get to win" which has really stuck with since...I keep saying that in the back of my mind but I CAN'T STAND LOSING FISH!!!!!
I got back from the trip and immediately sat at my vise trying to come up with some tubes that would emulate a classic fly..I got some that aren't bad but most are what one of my buds referred to tubes as "lures"
Also this past week I got my sweet "Little brother" Bruce and Walker powerlite 12'4 and took it out to put it through it's paces....I was trying what i would probably use in the harshest conditions and went through a few different tubes...ranging from sunrays to big black and blue muddler looking things with a ton of movement....hooked and landed this pig and the hook was set in the corner and while fighting the fish (great fight by the way) I saw it there and KNEW i wasn't going to lose this one..
SO...long story I know...but this has been gnawing at me since then...and I'm hoping to come up with something that still has the classical fly roots but with the reliablilty for me of the tube?
now in closing let me add this.. if your fishing for weeks or months at at a time on rivers with a chance at lots of steelhead so losing a few isn't a big deal then that's IMHO a mute point...
What are your thoughts and/or experiences?
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