wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Is there a fuze involved or was that another thread?Yes. My NH grandfathers taught me how to tie this one up several decades ago, using several sections of 2" thick walled threaded iron pipe, a heavy iron blade about 3" wide, a file, and a sharpening hone till razor sharp. Hackle it using a welder. Fish it in the winter, generally with the "8" hole plus baitfish plus ice scoop" presentation. Watch your damn toes, this fly craves toes like you wouldn't believe. I personally used it many times for 3-18" catches, of both black ice and white ice and slushy ice, with a memorable 30" thick catches here and there when I was a young man. The 40" trophies of old, spoken of with hushed quiet sweaty voices and even lying on the ground demonstrations to show how you had to clean the hole, are never, never seen anymore unless you spend a lot of money to fly way way north. As is typical, the DFWs everywhere have really fucked up management of this fishery. December and March are now basically closed everywhere, and even early January seasons are hit and miss, and often closed unexpectedly. PM for details if you want to tie one of these, I know how.