Justin Witt
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Wool might work; I’ve never tried it. But the butts of the hackles work great and move really well. They hold their profile wide as the head like you want them to, but kind of undulate on the strips too. Take a look at the photo in my 12/23 post “The Triple-hackle Brookie-hooker” for a visual on what it looks like.
I completely agree on the spun deer hair heads, and for the most part stopped tying them that way a long time ago.
Were you able to get there in a day or was it like a several day hike in? I know hiking several days in a row is no big deal for you; I am just interested in the size of the country down there.
Zach
No, this one is a definite multiple-day approach.
Justin –
How long a walk is it back in there? Is it just a hiking trail system or did you go by horseback?
Zach
Hi Zach,
We walked it, although you could certainly take horses in if you wanted to.
Holy moley. Those fish could eat every brook trout I’ve ever caught.
Why are they so big? Are those coasters or something?
bd
Nope, these fish have never touched salt.
What I’ve done in the past is to simply thread-wrap the hook, coat the thread-wrap in head cement, then actually thread the rubber worm onto the hook while that head cement is still wet.
The only thing I can think of that you might try is shortening the tube itself (this may be able to be accomplished without shortening the body of the fly) and trying a different hook style. You don’t really need much shank on a tube fly hook, and in fact it is better to have very little, so even circle hooks can be quite good solutions. I would consider the Daiichi X point series, style X510. The relative weight of a hook and its position in relation to the head of the fly can make a lot of difference to action in tube flies, and sometimes this has a big effect on success in terms of takes as well. Generally I try to keep most of the weight of the flies I will be strip retrieving towards the head, and use as light a hook as possible so as to get a jigging action. Longer streamer patterns that I will swinging with the spey rod I balance more towards the tail.
According to my good friend Wikipedia, there was an Alligator Gar caught this year in the Mississippi that weighed 327 pounds (148 kg, 23+ Stones). It was 8’5″ long, and looks like an awfully mean creature in this photo.
Hi Gary,
I would consider using a lead-wrap for the portion of the wrench that actually makes contact with the vise.
Hi Gary,
It turned into a major mess when I first got started; I ended up with a ton of different diameter tubes and mandrels and stuff that didn’t match up and tubes frozen onto steel a lot.
Randy, those tubes from Hobby Town look great, and I love how many colors they come in too. Next time I’m int he states I’ll definitely pick some up.
Terry, I have tried the swivel and lighter tippet connection fix in the past to keep from losing the fly on snags or other break-offs. The only problem with it is length, and the other complications that can be caused in terms of balance and swim. It’s just something you’ve got to experiment with. In my experience it works great with some patterns and not as well with others.
Thanks guys!
