No whitefish??? Who even posts pics of bows and bulls anymore? We want the target species!!!
Skunk on that, but I had a Sz. 12 and 14, I was was looking.No whitefish??? Who even posts pics of bows and bulls anymore? We want the target species!!!
I am far from being an expert, but I’ve seen cuttbows with similar markings.what is this?? It has cutt slashes, but I've never seen this spot pattern. Cool looking!
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That is interesting Tom. I had the same struggles when I was fishing PTs. I didn't catch any fish on them when they were in a larger size say size 14 or 12. It was only when I downsized to a 16 or 18 I had success with them. Maybe try a smaller size? What size were you fishing?I don't know what it is, but I've never had luck with a PT nymph, in any season, and today was no different. The one I just tied did nothing. I fished these two hard thorough every spot as both point and dropper, and only the copper john got a fish.
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I always follow up with a hare's ear softhackle, and because I saw salmon parts I put on an egg and reran each spot.
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I know what it is actually, no softhackle, movement. Plus the hun skin I'm working came from Bill W., so it's got some inherent magic.
It’d be interesting to see what other “sure-fire” flies have lackluster performance for folks. Despite a lot of attempts, I don’t believe I have ever caught a fish on a Bob Triggs Chum Baby, even some tied by Bob, or a Pat’s Rubber Legs.I don't know what it is, but I've never had luck with a PT nymph, in any season, and today was no different. The one I just tied did nothing. I fished these two hard thorough every spot as both point and dropper, and only the copper john got a fish.
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I always follow up with a hare's ear softhackle, and because I saw salmon parts I put on an egg and reran each spot.
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Instant difference everywhere.
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I know what it is actually, no softhackle, movement. Plus the hun skin I'm working came from Bill W., so it's got some inherent magic.
Sz. 14, pretty small for me. It just feels weird tying on this small stuff. It felt funny catching fish on a sz 18 griffiths gnat the other day, maybe I just need to get used to going smaller again.That is interesting Tom. I had the same struggles when I was fishing PTs. I didn't catch any fish on them when they were in a larger size say size 14 or 12. It was only when I downsized to a 16 or 18 I had success with them. Maybe try a smaller size? What size were you fishing?
A sz. 6 coffee/blk pats is one of my go to confidence flies, like the hare's ear. Beginning to think it's location, location, location. I observe lots of caddis and stones but very few mayflies. Oh well, I guess if I could just tie on anything and hang it in the water and catch fish, it wouldn't be as much fun. Might be frustrating at times but I love a good challenge.It’d be interesting to see what other “sure-fire” flies have lackluster performance for folks. Despite a lot of attempts, I don’t believe I have ever caught a fish on a Bob Triggs Chum Baby, even some tied by Bob, or a Pat’s Rubber Legs.
Say what you will about confidence flies, but I had a lot of confidence in those flies for a long time—I was sure it was me.
a buddy of mine for the life of him can't catch fish on a prince nymph. They always seem to work for me....same size & everything. He's a very good fisherman too. He slays the same stretches with PTs....It’d be interesting to see what other “sure-fire” flies have lackluster performance for folks. Despite a lot of attempts, I don’t believe I have ever caught a fish on a Bob Triggs Chum Baby, even some tied by Bob, or a Pat’s Rubber Legs.
Say what you will about confidence flies, but I had a lot of confidence in those flies for a long time—I was sure it was me.
Same experience here. One winter I tied up 3 dozen Pats Rubber Legs and over the course of the next year I didn't catch one single fish on them. I just slowly lost them or gave them away. I think I have one left in my box and its missing a leg.It’d be interesting to see what other “sure-fire” flies have lackluster performance for folks. Despite a lot of attempts, I don’t believe I have ever caught a fish on a Bob Triggs Chum Baby, even some tied by Bob, or a Pat’s Rubber Legs.
Say what you will about confidence flies, but I had a lot of confidence in those flies for a long time—I was sure it was me.
Those be some chubby trout you got over there. Do you fish the Booby right down on the bottom?Some stuff that has been working for me this fall.
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I fish it near or on the bottom in the midst of weeds. They don’t seem too catch many weeds or snags.Those be some chubby trout you got over there. Do you fish the Booby right down on the bottom?
It’d be interesting to see what other “sure-fire” flies have lackluster performance for folks. Despite a lot of attempts, I don’t believe I have ever caught a fish on a Bob Triggs Chum Baby, even some tied by Bob, or a Pat’s Rubber Legs.
Say what you will about confidence flies, but I had a lot of confidence in those flies for a long time—I was sure it was me.
This is exactly what I think. Well said!Here is my take away, that which alludes to what a few have said here...confidence. We all have flies that work for us. We tie those on first, and likely fish them until we know the fish are seeing them, but not taking them. Then we tie on a different confidence pattern, and then another after that. Conversely, we'll tie on a pattern that we have heard works well, fish it with limited confidence, and when it doesn't work on the first few casts, we quickly switch flies to our confidence patterns.
I think all the flies work (even the prince nymph, which I despise, won't tie, and literally will not tie on the end of my line), but we make them work. We make them work based on how we fish them. I will always catch more fish on flies I tie because I will fish them harder, with confidence, and how much I want to catch a fish on them. If we fish a fly we don't have as much confidence in, we aren't fishing them as hard, possibly annoyed that they aren't working, quick to change them, and thus they get less fishing time.