Hi Tom: My standard BWO is olive body, brown hackle tail, blue dun hackle and blue dun tips for the wings. It's tied the standard dry fly way. Pretty basic, and I don't really know what variety of BWO it is. I have to admit that I am incredibly weak in my entomology. I just know that when bugs that look like that are coming off of the water, it's time to tie that one on, and when nothing's coming off the water and I still feel like fishing a dry, if the Parachute Adams won't work, the BWO is worth a shot.
Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Dozen a day > Thanks for the input, guys. I left off the BWO dry, partly because I still > haven't settled on a goto pattern. I've tried Comparadun, Thorax Dun, > Cripple/emergers, and Parachute Adams, all with some success. Part of the > problem is lack of opportunity; my closest rivers, the Ogden and Weber only > have dependable BWO hatches for a few weeks in the spring. The Provo has > excellent hatches but there are as many fishermen as the bugs on that small, > urban river when the hatch is on. > > Anybody out there have a goto BWO? One that fools selective fish and at the > same time draws there attention from a blanket hatch? Miracle fly? > > The Rusty Spinner was another ommission, since I haven't settled on the > perfect wing material... Any suggestions? > > Byard, I will take a look at some of those old standbys you mentioned, (I > already included the BH PT). But what is a Howard Fly? > > I have heard people say that if they could only have one fly it would be the > Muddler... but I confess I have never fished one. It seems neither fish nor > fowl; a fly with a spun deer hair head tied to imitate a fish that lives > almost exclusivly on the bottom, yet can double as as a hopper pattern? Any > muddler techniques/stories out there? Ditto for the Carey special. Do you > use it as a general attractor stillwater fly or to imitate a specific hatch? > > Just when you begin to think you know something, along comes more to learn. > Life is good. > > Tom > > PS, Larry. Of course i'll still go fishing! I've got to catch some > December fish and keep the year-round fishing record going... Want to come?
