10-25-2008, 08:27 PM
Thanks for the invite, Dryrod. But I'll have to skip this go around.
I don't tie dry flies at all. And lately, most of my tying is for warm water species.
Interesting trend there, btw. Most flies are tied to simulate something in nature. Or at least something the fish will think is edible. While that's generally been true with warm water as well, the past few years more and more patterns are tied to replicate hard baits.
You oughta see my flyrodding spinnerbait, for instance. I don't mean using hardware (like the old spin-flies and the like). I mean using legitimate tying materials to create a fly that acts like a spinnerbait in the water.
I reckon Nick Lyons started it. Years back, in one of his columns, he talked about a friend who designed a streamer that exactly replicated the forage base on Flaming Gorge, "which, as everybody knows," Nick said wryly, "is a #5 Rapala."
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I don't tie dry flies at all. And lately, most of my tying is for warm water species.
Interesting trend there, btw. Most flies are tied to simulate something in nature. Or at least something the fish will think is edible. While that's generally been true with warm water as well, the past few years more and more patterns are tied to replicate hard baits.
You oughta see my flyrodding spinnerbait, for instance. I don't mean using hardware (like the old spin-flies and the like). I mean using legitimate tying materials to create a fly that acts like a spinnerbait in the water.
I reckon Nick Lyons started it. Years back, in one of his columns, he talked about a friend who designed a streamer that exactly replicated the forage base on Flaming Gorge, "which, as everybody knows," Nick said wryly, "is a #5 Rapala."
Brook
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