Can send the Step by step in photos if requested.
I
tied this fly about 12 years ago and did well on it, but as I started
using other flies, I kind of let this one sit in my fly box. I started
using it again last year and have been doing real well on it. I have
caught Trout, Bluegills and Smallnouth bass with it.
I tie them with and without weight and fish it without an indicator. I just
don't use indicators.
Tying the P&B. this is a real simple fly to tie with basically two materials
plus the hook and thread. It was originally tied with Ginger Tinsel Chenille ,
now using the Copper Tinsel Chenille I use for the Chili Pepper.
Hook:Scud Hook: 10-14
Weight: As Desired or none
Thread:: 8/0 Fire Orange
Tail: Two or Three Strands of Peacock Herl
Body: Copper Tinsel Chenille, Ginger can also be
used
Shell Back: Two or Three strands of Peacock Herl Twisted
Head: Fire Orange thread
Antenna: Two strands of Peacock Herl.
If
using weight, wrap the hook with lead wire as desired. Secure the wire
with the Fire Orange thread. Bring the thread fwd and tie in the
strands of Peacock Herl over the hook shank. Tie in behind the hook eye leaving
enough
space for final tying off and the head. Leave the Herl ends beyond the
hook bend for the tail. Fold the Herl back and over wrap to the hook bend,
bring the thread back to the hook eye. Tie in the body Chenille the full length
of the
body wrapping down the bend a bit to give the body a bit of a curve. You will
be tying over the top of the folded Herl.
Bring the thread fwd to the tie off point. Wrap the body and tie off at the
hook eye.
Raise the tag ends of the Herl and twist them together to form a rope.
Pull the "rope" over the top of the body and tie off behind the hook
eye, do not cut herl yet.. This forms the Shell Back. Tie off and form a
definite Fire Orange Collor and
head. Whip Finish. Clip off the Herl at the bend to form a short tail
and at the hook eye to form short Antennas.
Not really
necessary but I clip off one of the three antenna strands so there are only
two.
I
fish this fly dead drift with a twitch till the swing. After the swing,
I let it come to the surface and twitch it a bit. Fishing one without
weight, it will just drift just below the surface. I have had a lot of
violent strikes on this fly.
Tony
--- On Sun, 7/12/09, Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [VFB] Re: Crooked Creek again
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 10:04 PM
Don,
It is one of my flies. Late now, will post Recipe tomorrow.
Tony
--- On Sun, 7/12/09, DonO <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote:
From: DonO <f...@tribcsp.com>
Subject: [VFB] Re: Crooked Creek again
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 7:31 PM
Tony,
Can't Google up this Peacock and Bronze. Does
it have another name, or did you invent it?
And why did you not use a
Chili-pepper?
Curious minds...
DOnO
----- Original Message -----
From:
Anthony
Spezio
To: flyfishingandflytyingforpanf...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:08 PM
Subject: [VFB] Crooked Creek again
Had a couple of visitors today and they wanted to fish a
bit, The White is still running all 8 units so that was out. We headed
for Crooked Creek this afternoon even though it was real hot and muggy
from the shower we had this morning. It was overcast when we left but
the sun broke through by the time we got on the Creek.One of the
visitors had not fly fished before so I worked with him getting set up.
I gave both of them a Peacock and Bronze and tied on on myself. I
stayed
with the new fly fisher till he finally caught a nice Longear. I moved
up to the first riffle and was catching some hand size Longear
Bluegills. The colors on them were so bright. Just below the first
riffle I caught one of the largest Goggle Eye I have ever caught. It
looked like a football. Further up the creek I caught several Rock Bass
and several large Roach, Funny about the Roach, they take the fly as
soon as it hits the water. When I see a boil when the fly hits the
water, I know it is a Roach. Got one small Smallmouth in that section.
Took my newbee up to the hole that was real good last Wednesday, it was
full of fish again. I tried to get him to cast in a couple of spots but
he was having difficulty casting I hated to see this but he finally
gave
up and headed down the creek. I took over the hole and took 15 Gills
from it. Most were hand size Gills. When they quit at that hole, I
headed up to the next riffle. Caught a few nice Gills there and another
Rock Bass. Then I hooked into something like a rocket. It came out of
the water and I saw it was a real good size Small mouth. He came out of
the water the second time with a big flip. The third time was good luck
for him. He broke me off. Rigged up my tippet again and tied on my last
Peacock and Bronze. Working back to the get out point, I saw my newbee
take a spill. It was in the shallow riffle and I started down to check
on him. He was able to get up but was soaking and wet. We headed back
to
the van, it was just getting too hot. I lost count after 46, I got 15
more at the hole and a few more before getting off the creek. This was
a
better day because most f the fish were on the larger size with only a
handful of Pumpkin Seeds. The other friend that was with us did very
well too though he was not real close to where I was fishing. He said
he
was sure he caught at least fifty fish.
This is a privite stretch of
Crooked Creek and I am thankful that I have a place like this to
fish.
Arkansas
Tony
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