03-12-2009, 04:23 AM
Basic gear, a good vise, a rotary does make life easier. A bobbin or two with teflon or ceramic inside the tube. Good pair of pointed, thin, very sharp scissors, and a whip finishing tool or you can do that by hand.
Match the hatch, absolutely, but there are many variations to that.
Haresears and Pheasant Tails mimic allot of different insects. It is important to various sizes. Prince Nymphs, Copper Johns (different colors).
Dries, there are the Pale Morning Dun (gray colored) Blue Winged Olive (olive colored) Adams, Mosquitos, Griffith Gnat (which is suppose to mimic a cluster of midge) and then the Elk Hair Caddis.
Again, size can be the key factor.
There are specialty flies for special months like Mothers day hatch, the stoneflies, and Cicadas, and hoppers.
There is also the PUPA's, Emergers. I love Chironomids and San Juan worms and eggs.
Unlike spin fishing or Bait casting, you do have to do some homework and get into a little entomology.
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Match the hatch, absolutely, but there are many variations to that.
Haresears and Pheasant Tails mimic allot of different insects. It is important to various sizes. Prince Nymphs, Copper Johns (different colors).
Dries, there are the Pale Morning Dun (gray colored) Blue Winged Olive (olive colored) Adams, Mosquitos, Griffith Gnat (which is suppose to mimic a cluster of midge) and then the Elk Hair Caddis.
Again, size can be the key factor.
There are specialty flies for special months like Mothers day hatch, the stoneflies, and Cicadas, and hoppers.
There is also the PUPA's, Emergers. I love Chironomids and San Juan worms and eggs.
Unlike spin fishing or Bait casting, you do have to do some homework and get into a little entomology.
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