05-30-2012, 04:36 AM
I love this thread! That's great of ya'll offering a newbie such helpful tips, and fluff and threads too! I dig the suggestions, have had hunter-coworkers I've been milking for quail tails, or pheasant feathers, or coyote tufts... yes, it's true!
I almost stopped for some porpupine quills once while on the way TO porcupine - cuz it seemed serendipitious. Good thing I wasn't on the way to Skunk Hollow or some such!
As for odd materials - I dig the many suggestions. Gorrilla glue - just keep it away from dogs/cats!!! I've used xmas tinsel for flash, need to raid the dust-bunnies under the cabinets. Grand! I've harvested used bits of cat-toys. Plus - the various packing materials for flash. I'd dabbled with dollar store nailpolish for flash, and sticky labels for holgraphic effects.
As for [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=729503"]Spinners[/url] - it goes a step beyond the fly, but I did tie in some fluff. Bottle caps, blades, beads, fluff, and some glitter. Who knows, just might be wacky enough!
So - can you fly fish with ice-jigs? I nabbed a bunch of fresh pours off Ebay, and colored them up, added some fluff to a few tails, but short of vertical jigging - they won't go far.
Bluegill I was on top of last week didn't care. They could be right UNDER the boat, and they were on it.
I almost stopped for some porpupine quills once while on the way TO porcupine - cuz it seemed serendipitious. Good thing I wasn't on the way to Skunk Hollow or some such!
As for odd materials - I dig the many suggestions. Gorrilla glue - just keep it away from dogs/cats!!! I've used xmas tinsel for flash, need to raid the dust-bunnies under the cabinets. Grand! I've harvested used bits of cat-toys. Plus - the various packing materials for flash. I'd dabbled with dollar store nailpolish for flash, and sticky labels for holgraphic effects.
As for [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=729503"]Spinners[/url] - it goes a step beyond the fly, but I did tie in some fluff. Bottle caps, blades, beads, fluff, and some glitter. Who knows, just might be wacky enough!
So - can you fly fish with ice-jigs? I nabbed a bunch of fresh pours off Ebay, and colored them up, added some fluff to a few tails, but short of vertical jigging - they won't go far.
Bluegill I was on top of last week didn't care. They could be right UNDER the boat, and they were on it.