Posted in Fly Patterns, Fly Tying on January 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Topwater-Hand Painted Popper
Subsurface- Streamer with ice chennile and marabou. color combo has always worked very good
Articulated Hellgramite-got the idea from murrays hellgramite but i really did not like the tail on it. the tail was black herl and i thought it looked like a woolly bugger in the water. So i decided to use the body on 2 hooks and make it articulated.
The 3 together
Posted in Fly Box, Fly Patterns, Fly Tying, tagged Nymph on January 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »
this is one of my go-to fly patterns. my favorite feature of this fly is its ability to appear as an emerger because the flash from the flashback appears as if the bug is emerging and its wings are coming out.
BH Flashback Pheasant Tail
Hook: sz. 12-22 nymph hook
Bead: copper 3/32 (or bead to fit hook)
Thread: 8/0 Brown
Tail: Pheasant Tail
Body: Pheasant Tail
Thorax: Peacock Herl
Back: Peacock Flashback
Rib: Small Copper Wire
Put hook in vise.
Take about 5 pheasant fibers from the pheasant tail. Tie the tips in leaving about 1 length of the hook behind. fold the rest the pheasant back and tie in.
Tie in copper wire for rib
Wrap the pheasant fibers up the shank of the hook 3/4 of the way. tie in
Wrap the rib up the shank of the hook around the pheasant
Tie in flashback infront of the pheasant. make sure the flashback faces the back of the hook.
Tie in peacock herl.
Wrap the peacock herl up to the bead and tie in.
Fold Flashback over and tie in. Whip finish and add a dab of head cement.
I like to fish this fly with no indicator because i believe they scare spooky fish but you can if you prefer to. put the indicator 1 and 1/2 the depth of the water. at the end of the drift lift your rod tip to make the emerger to appear as if it is emerging.
Posted in Trout Fishing, tagged Accotink Creek on January 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Where: Accotink Creek, VA Americana Ball Park
Date: 1/18/10
Conditions: 52 degrees J . 2mph NNW Wind. Clear Partly Cloudy Sky
Water Conditions: Running Slightly Muddy at 22 cfs
Flies: San Juan Worm, Egg, Kreelex, Mini Bugger
Days On The Water in 2010: 2
Report: Previous Day Accotink flowed at 400cfs from the rain. During the rain after Christmas Accotink had flowed at 2,000cfs and I suspect because of the hotlane project on the beltway washing so much junk downstream and really messing up the flows that the fish got washed out downstream. I talked to a friend who guides the area and they said to go upstream about the part the beltway crosses the river. I started fishing with a San Juan worm with an egg dropper. Fished a nice deep running pool with no success. Cut the dropper and fished with just the San Juan worm with no luck. Saw a large flat relatively still pool and switched to a mini bugger pattern that is really good on stocked trout. Still no success. Decided to leave because of no action so I switched to a kreelex to fish downstream with and had no luck. It was a great day to be on the water in this warm weather!
Posted in This really has no point, Uncategorized, tagged 24 on January 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
it is time for Jack Bauer to save the world again! or will he finally die?
Posted in Fly Box, Fly Patterns, Fly Tying, tagged Emerger, Soft Hackle on January 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Soft Hackle
Thread: 8/0 Uni
Dubing: Golden Brown Ice Dub
Wing: Silver Phesant
Tie in thread. Keep minimal thread near hook eye. important for later
Apply Dubbing: Put a small pinch of ice dub on thread and spin it on the thread IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION. Apply dubbing wax if prefered.
Take feather and strip the bottom bare. like in the picture
Tie in like in the picture.
Attach Hackle Plier to the tip of the feather. wrap around the hook shank 1 time. secure the material. tie off. whip finished. fly complete.
NOTE: fish fly as preferred. my favorite way to fish a soft hackle is to cast down and across the stream and let string across. use a pulse return if desired. Good pattern to use as an emerger. Match the color thread and feather to aquatic insect that you are trying to match. Enjoy!
Posted in Fly Box, Fly Patterns, Fly Tying, tagged Midge, Nymph on January 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Thread Midge
Hook: 18-24 Nymph
Thread: Red
Weight: Small Gold Wire
Tie in at hook eye. wrap thread to back of the hook
Tie in Wire. Cover wire totally with thread
Wrap wire to front of the hook. this is to get the midge patter a little larger
Wrap wire back to the bend of the hook. This will also help get the fly down
Cover the led with your thread. make sure you can’t see any thread
Wrap the wire up the shank of the hook. Tie of and hook eye. Whip Finish. Apply Head Cement. The Fly is Finished.
NOTE: Some of the best midge fishing occurs in the winter and fish are often sluggish and feeding on or near the bottom. To get the fly down use a dropper rig with a attractor nymph above to help get this pattern down. Some good attractor nymphs that i like to use are BH Prince Nymphs,BH Zug Bugs, Weighted BH Czech Nymphs, BH Phesant Tail, BH, San Juan Worm, Valadi Worm. And any of your favorite nymph patterns in larger sizes with weight to help get this pap get this pattern on.
Posted in Fly Patterns on January 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Check out the new page titled “Fly Box” there is little in it now but there will soon be a pattern recepie and tutorial for each. more flies added soon!
Posted in Fly Patterns, Fly Tying, tagged Nymph on January 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Prince Nymph
Hook: size 20-10 nymph
Bead: Gold Match to Size
Thread: 8/0 Red Uni
Tail: Brown Biot
Body: Peacock Herl
Rib: Bronze Flash
Hackle: Match Accordingly
Wing: White Biot
Posted in Fly Tying, tagged Fly Tying Vise, Renzetti on January 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The Barbless Hook 
