I appreciate your no-nonsense tying. It’s about tying effective flies, not making a work of art. Nothing wrong with that either, but not my style! I’m definitely going to copy this fly!
In a word, absolutely, I'd agree it is 'the best' type of pattern I can remember for trout spanning over four decades. And yeah, I've tried nearly everything else. Only exception maybe is limestone or chalk rivers. But acidic water courses, yes.
It’s such a clear message with your favored flies that they aren’t the usual type of fly that catches fishermen’. Ie aren’t pretty, often ‘scruffy’ and shape based, not so much colour based.
I'd say the thing is proportions (one could make ten of these, and for some reason one of the ten will outfish the nine others). And that's not materials, design or pattern. All that being equal, all that is left remaining are the fly proportions. That can account for the reason why fish take one, and might ignore nine others. And another word for proportion, or related to it is shape.
Hi Tom, do you ever tie on the medium wire version if you are on smaller fish lakes? or do you not notice any difference between medium wire/heavy wire when converting takes and losing fish?
I appreciate your no-nonsense tying. It’s about tying effective flies, not making a work of art. Nothing wrong with that either, but not my style!
I’m definitely going to copy this fly!
Congratulations on your WIN.
In a word, absolutely, I'd agree it is 'the best' type of pattern I can remember for trout spanning over four decades. And yeah, I've tried nearly everything else. Only exception maybe is limestone or chalk rivers. But acidic water courses, yes.
Such an awesome fly dude!
I love that traffic light cruncher.
Definitely one of my favourites
It’s such a clear message with your favored flies that they aren’t the usual type of fly that catches fishermen’. Ie aren’t pretty, often ‘scruffy’ and shape based, not so much colour based.
I'd say the thing is proportions (one could make ten of these, and for some reason one of the ten will outfish the nine others). And that's not materials, design or pattern. All that being equal, all that is left remaining are the fly proportions. That can account for the reason why fish take one, and might ignore nine others. And another word for proportion, or related to it is shape.
Hi Tom, do you ever tie on the medium wire version if you are on smaller fish lakes? or do you not notice any difference between medium wire/heavy wire when converting takes and losing fish?