Oh, don't worry! Don't feel upstaged! I've just been having a lot of success with this pattern lately, and couldn't remember seeing it in any of my books or online. I will re-name it! :)
On Apr 17, 1:14 pm, Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Sean, > I am not trying to upstage you on this and yes, it has been tyed for many > years. It is called the one Marabou Plume fly. I have been teaching it in my > beginner classes. It is a simple and easy fly to tie and the students are > happy that they got to tie a fly. On the Creek and the White river, Burnt > Orange seems to work the best. Next best color is Florescent Green. > Tony > > ________________________________ > From: Sean McGee <sean....@gmail.com> > To: VFB Mail <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:59 AM > Subject: [VFB] Re: Good fly (so far) on the Guadalupe. > > I know lead is taboo in some fly circles, (so don't eviscerate me, > lol) but to get an even heavier fly beyond the bead, I've been tying > in some lead before I wrap the marabou. > > This is a great, easy fly to tie, and best of all, doesn't require a > lot of exotic materials. Didn't know it had been tied in this way > before! (The closest thing I saw to it was the Guadalupe Green I saw > on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2WMh4G0dXk). > > Sean > > On Apr 17, 11:32 am, Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Been tying them in Burnt Orange for years. They work on all types of fish > > including Trout. Works very well on Crooked Creek and on the White River. I > > tie them mostly with a Fire Orange head and no bead. If I want a heaver > > fly, I will use a bead or a Cone head. > > Tony > > > ________________________________ > > From: Sean McGee <sean....@gmail.com> > > To: VFB Mail <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:16 AM > > Subject: [VFB] Good fly (so far) on the Guadalupe. > > > So, I took the Guadalupe Green Fly and bastardized it into my own bead- > > head pattern with no hackles. > > > This is the result. Pattern works well in yellow, white, black, > > chartreuse and olive. > > > Caught 5 bass with it this past weekend, plus a whole bunch of panfish > > and one Rio Grande Cichlid. (The Cichlid turned out to be one awesome > > fighter on a fly rod!) Haven't tried it on trout yet. Don't have > > access to the trout sections of the Guad. > > > Anyhow, thought I'd share. > > > I'm calling it a "Bead Head Lupe" after my home waters. > > >http://snapguide.com/guides/tie-a-bead-head-lupe-fly/ > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > > group. > > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc athttp://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc athttp://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
