Jon Conner
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This is an interesting thread.
I think the comparison of a gummy minnow to the crab is flawed in that the gummy has movement and is also (I think) translucent. Looking at crab flies with track records, there is everything from a rabbit strip pulled over the hook type (Avalon) to the Merkin style and flat feather over the hook, and all of them have movement, with rubber legs, fine fur, marabou, etc., I saw nothing on that crab that appeared mobile. I would not tie that fly on the end of my line when fish were present and I wanted to catch something.
JCZach,
I think Brian was saying that he’s bought many “floating” lines that did the same thing, but unintentionally. đŸ™‚
JCI’m with Zach on these things, good analogy. They’re sort of like those little molded nymphs made of rubbery plastic that don’t catch fish even though they’re very realistic. Realism without movement or impression of life has never out fished
I guess the point Andrew was making is  No body “needed” those extensions so if customers were gullible enough to pay those prices they got what they deserved.
This is entirely different than the price of ply wood tripling in the near aftermath of a certain devastating hurricane which permanently  rearranged a large portion of the Gulf Coast.
JWNear as I can understand, Whiting did NOT raise wholesale prices, the crazy profits were taken at the retail side, as opposed to the aforementioned plywood price increases which were implemented by the manufacturers to take advantage of the spike in demand.
JCThe Castwell is the same as a sheet bend which was used for attaching two lines of different diameter, it is also essentially the same as a bowline. The only differences are what’s a tag and and what’s not.
JCZack,
Thanks, and…
Yes, the hackles are pulled down like a nymph wing case and you do have a few hackle barbs that inevitably end up needing to be trimmed around the eye.
In the Emerger Project thread, there will be more of this type of fly, he said his next chapter is going tie paraloops, the proper name for this hackling style. We wil undoubtedly see much cleaner execution of the style.:-)
JC
This was one of several yes votes for the fly yesterday AM
This is a quicky SBS, materials are, emerger hook, zelon, brown dubbing. dry fly hackle, peacock herl, 2X mono and thread.
First step- tie in zelon shuck and dub abdomen to halfway point.
Second- tie in two hackles and a peacock herl.
Third- make a loop on a gallows.
Forth- tie in a piece of mono and bend it up alongside the loop, then wrap it onto the loop, upwards for about a quarter inch, this stiffens and fattens the loop for when you wind the hackle.
Fifth- wind the hackles up and then down the loop, tie off holding the hackle back out of the way.
Six- still holding the hackle back, wrap the herl and the thread at the same time up close to the eye.
Seven-take the thread around the loop, above the hackle, and using the spring tension of the gallows, pull the hackle forward and down to the
eye while holding the barbs back out of the way.
Eight- tie the loop and the mono down under the tension of the gallows, cut the loop at the top so you can pull on it, tie it down and double it back to lock it, whip finish, trim errant barbs around the eye so they don’t interfere with threading the leader, …..done. JC
You will have to remove all the old glue residue, then reglue with Barge cement or one of the Goop type glues following the instructions for application and wait time before putting them together.
One of these days I’ll do the steps, it’s semi complicated in that you need to use a gallows, but quicker to tie than a classic tie.
But, these are the best emergers going.
JCDave Skok is a good suggestion if he’s available.
Also if you PM me with your email I could send you the pages from Jack’s book that describe the fishing around Winthrop.
JCIf you want to stay right around Boston Harbor, there’s lots of fishing to be had, then you should get a copy of Jack Gartside’s “Fishing Boston Harbor” by going to the eponymous website and ordering. This book will tell you tons, one hint though would be that Jack chose to live in Winthrop, which is a peninsula on the north side of the harbor and has quite a good variety of spots in close proximity, that’s where I go when in the area, and Jack’s book explains how to fish the spots.
JCNice pics, sounds like a wonderful trip.
The DWC fleet looks a little different from when I was there in 1985, Dolfins with 25hp tiller steering, but they did have the leaning posts on the casting deck.
JCThe snap is from coming forward before the line staightens on the backcast, pure and simple, it’s a timing problem.
JCThere are many ways to cause tailing loops, however, a good drill to clean up your strokes is to simply false cast back and forth with a short line, watching it straighten at both ends, start with a wide loop and slow timing and then gradually speed up, narrowing the loop, then lengthen your line a little and repeat. This drill will improve timing and feel for when to to start your strokes without the confusion of laying the line down and picking up, which are best done on the water.
Best,
JCHere are are a couple of great little books about the Cape the way it was seventy or eighty years ago “House On Nauset Marsh” by Wyman Richardson and “The Outermost House” by Henry Beston, although old I think they’re both still available. Anyone who has ever spent any time on Cape Cod and has a vague interest in history and nature will enjoy these reads.
JCYou can use a tripod, there’s a mounting hole in the base. To buy one Clearviewer.com. One other nice thing is you can use it with polarized glasses even when using a CPL.
JCAir stuck in the waders below the belt was probably more of a problem than the bouyancy of the pack. The whole scenario is not what one would imagine could be dangerous, good lesson for all of us, although quite humorous in retrospect.
Had you been in deeper water all the air would have been driven out of the waders, but then you wouldn’t have tried for the forceps, and in shallower water your feet wouldn’t have lost purchase, so you were in the perfect depth water to capsize, and float, what are the odds on that?
JC
