An unweighted Pickett Pin, maybe?
Who knows? It might work. Following info from Google:An unweighted Pickett Pin, maybe?
Wow some one who knows the Pickett Oin. The guy who invented the Pickett Pin was the guy who gave me my first fly rod blank back in 1977 and taught me to cork and wrap rods. He then taught my father and I to tie flies. He worked with my Stepmother at Hughes Aircraft in California.An unweighted Pickett Pin, maybe?
That's awesome! I like that fly. I like flies that can fished in different ways. Without a tail I bet it would look a lot like that ant above. I'd love to see one of yours in the What's in your vise thread!Wow some one who knows the Pickett Oin. The guy who invented the Pickett Pin was the guy who gave me my first fly rod blank back in 1977 and taught me to cork and wrap rods. He then taught my father and I to tie flies. He worked with my Stepmother at Hughes Aircraft in California.
Yes I catch fish with a variety of ant patterns but I get lots of rejections too and I hate rejections.This doesn’t matter if it’s sitting upright, on its side. or drown… fish love the shit out of it.
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I’ve tried that one the day after the hatch and sometimes it works really well.nope
The only rejections on that fly, was after about 8 grabs and no hook ups…Yes I catch fish with a variety of ant patterns but I get lots of rejections too and I hate rejections.
Care to share your recipe? (Please)This doesn’t matter if it’s sitting upright, on its side. or drown… fish love the shit out of it.
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Won't the hook point always be vertically oriented in the water; riding up or down? Maybe a light and/or sparse hydrophobic body material (foam?), the wing tied to one side, and the hackle clipped off the sides...If the hackle was snipped out so it was just on one side and the wing was on the other side, it'd basically be just like legs on both sides (hook rides point down). The wing might cause a little more air resistance and want to parachute the landing, but I would guess the hackle could reorient it upon landing. The body curve would be absent unless you could consistently get a curved hook to land 90°.
Won't the hook point always be vertically oriented in the water; riding up or down? Maybe a light and/or sparse hydrophobic body material (foam?), the wing tied to one side, and the hackle clipped off the sides...