MAINE - Life in the Slow Lane
I still have a long list of flies to tie and Mark will becoming over next weekend for a day of tying.
On my list is:
WDH
Buggers
Mudlers
BWO
Mayfly (need a good pattern)
Adirondack Bomber
A. Caddis
What am I forgetting folks? I still have a ton of Adams and CDC emergers from last year.
Wow that's quite the list. myself I am going to try to fish strictly dries on my bamboo this year, So my main tying will be of dries
nice , I have been tying a little since I got back down to the area I was away up in berlin nh working for the past year came back in nov worked down her for the month now laid off . I havnt been out fishing much went ice fishing over to goulds in Hillsboro week or so ago got nice little brown trout lost nice bass at hole . planning on doing some flyfishing around here when the crazy weather calms down . hopefully get together with the old crew and hit some spots this spring . I am in Boscawen nh now so close to lakes region. did a lot of fishing in berlin/errol area did very well caught many wild fish rainbows mostly . and some nice salmon and browns
Nice to have you back in the area Ziggy, give me a shout and we can hit the rivers when the weather breaks.
My vise is getting rusty...But over the past few days (between thawing pipes) I have tied a half dozen buck bugs
for salmon fishing....Next on the list are a few white tailed green machines
Quote by: KtboneI still have a long list of flies to tie and Mark will becoming over next weekend for a day of tying.
On my list is:
WDH
Buggers
Mudlers
BWO
Mayfly (need a good pattern)
Adirondack Bomber
A. Caddis
What am I forgetting folks? I still have a ton of Adams and CDC emergers from last year.
For a Mayfly ty up some Red Quills, sizes 12 to 16. Also ty up some Irresistible Adams for the small mountain rivers, size 14 is just right.
See Yah
Lee
Thanks a lot Lee! I hate spinning hair but the Adams Irr. Is a killer fly.
i just tied a couple in size 12, a few more and I will be ready to move down a size or two...at this rate I should have a dozen useable flies by mid-August.
I did quite well using these two flies in tandem all year. I think all told, I must have caught over 500 fish on just 4 different patterns. I like keeping it simple.
Is that a humpty with a bead head prince dropper?
I must have caught at least 90% of my fish for the last two years on the WDH, but sometimes that last 10% can be a bit fussy.
With all this subarctic weather lately I have shifted my focus to tying, I really hate dealing with frozen lines and eyelets.
So who else has shifted to the warm dry tying bench instead of fishing for frozen fish sticks?
So far here is what I have accomplished:
2 doz. #10 brown stoneflys
2 doz. #8 black stoneflys
1.5 doz each hares ear nymphs in #12-16
2 doz #12 red johns
2 doz. each prince nymphs in #12 & 14
1doz. each usuals in #12 & 14
1 doz. each pheasant tail nymphs in #12 & 14
1 doz. each nearly deadlys in #12 & 14
1 doz. each humptys in #14 & 16
Full disclosure, I have been on vacation for two weeks at home by myself.
-Keith
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