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The Water Walker

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clarkman said:
One of the times where my wife was the most angry with me was a late evening on Hat Creek where I was headed back to the car and bumped into bamboo rod maker and fisherman extraordinaire, James Reams who "made" me turn around a follow him. He handed me one of his rods, which had a little ant pattern on it and told me that if I wanted to really get the fish's attention during the trico spinner fall that was occurring is that you've gotta un-match the hatch. Ever since then, I've always had a few ant and beetle patterns in my trout box. Shoot, either of those sunken (or weighted and nymphed) is killer too...shhhhhhh.

The reason wifey was so angry was that I told her I'd be back by around 6pm. I made it back to the car by around 10pm....surprised she didn't just leave.
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Our big un-match the hatch a-ha moment came at Hot Creek.......big fish sipping tiny midges....denial, after denial. Foam beetle🪲 was the ticket. Foam beetles slayed on Baum Lake too.

Luckily, my wife was not waiting in the car either time!
 
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Extended Body Hopper

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Backend is standard Club Sandwich; borrowed some ideas on the forward section from here, with a much simpler wing.

hook - WFC Model 16 #6
thread - SemperFli 8/0 tan
core - 15lb mono
body - 2mm foam tan/1mm foam orange
wing - Congo Hair cream
shellback/head - 2mm foam tan
thorax - Starburst dubbing tan
legs - medium rubber corn snake
indicator - 1mm foam orange

Regards,
Scott
 
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