Yeah, I know, and the product specialists for Cabela's swear by the 'real eyes'
on their lures.
The lead eyes on a clouser are for weight to keep the fly moving forward
between strips- nothing else. The deer hair is bouyant and keeps the fly from
jigging. From Bob Clouser in person.
I have mixed opinions about eyes. As the saying goes "never make a blanket
statement", and it itself is a blanket statement.
I've changed to deceivers with red eyes and gotten hits when pearl eyes
wouldn't work. I've fished squids without eyes and nada, while catching fish
right after on poppers with eyes.
Studies tend to support whatever fact you want them to, and the conclusions can
be misleading.
Yes a fish will hit the fish that ain't looking...duh... What about when the
fish are in schools?
For decades African studies made it look like pride female lions did all the
hunting. The political agenda of that day was pleased and paid for the videos.
Come to find out only one third of lions live in prides. The rest are nomadic
sub-adult males who have been booted out of the prides, prime males looking for
a pride, and deposed pride males that survived the deposing. All of these male
lions are agressive hunters but are tough to film and follow as nomads. So
photographers filmed the territorial stationary prides and concluded all lion
lore based on pride life (and paychecks).
Studies don't always show the whole truth.
Again, see for yourself, and don't believe everything.
DonO
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne Blake-Hedges
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] QFTD- from the web site Gary posted...1 point each time
from the article:
Hi DonO;
I've found that the eyes on a "Puglisi baitfish" pattern are totally
unecessary for bass and crappie. But they just don't look as good to the
fisherman/tyer so, they catch fishermen more than fish. As far as Clouser
minnow paterns go, I use bead chain more than lead or brass eyes and they work
just fine. At least for stillwater fishing in local ponds for warmwater species.
Wayne
--- On Tue, 12/21/10, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote:
From: Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com>
Subject: [VFB] QFTD- from the web site Gary posted...1 point each
time from the article:
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 12:21 PM
Tips & Trivia
Myths, legends, lies and other fishing facts
Flyfishing: 200 years of tradition unencumbered by progress.
Repeat a lie enough times and what do you have? Another lie. There
are numerous myths, legends and lies regarding trout and fishing for them. Here
are a few to chew on:
1.. Eyes on streamers provoke strikes. It is widely held that
predatory fish key in on and attack the eyes of bait fish. As "proof" many
anglers cite the presence of ocelli or false eyes near the tail of some fish.
They contend the predator will target these eyes and the attack will be
directed toward the tail.
Studies around the world with numerous species of fish show that that
predatory fish do not aim for the eyes. In every instance the mid section of
the prey was targeted. The size, shape, location, presence or lack of the eyes
(or ocelli) in no way altered the point of the attack.
Researchers have found that very often a predatory fish will not
attack if the eyes are visible. Time after time bass, pike and barracuda have
been observed rushing past available bait to take a fish with it's back turned.
It seems predators have learned they can get the jump on their prey when it's
not looking.
Ocelli located near the tail of bait fish may give the impression it
is "looking" when its back is turned and avoid being attacked. For the same
reason eyes on a streamer may actually be counter productive.
There is no doubt some flies are more effective with eyes than
without. Eyes can add both physical and visual balance to a fly. The eyes may
add just that certain bit of spark, brightness or contrast that makes the
pattern irresistible. In certain patterns, eyes impart action and even noise to
a streamer. Blanton's Whistlers and Clousser's Deep Minnows are good examples;
exchange the lead eyes on a Deep Minnow with plastic eyes and the fly loses
both it's jigging action and fish catching qualities.
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