I agree 100% with this observation. Color is THE thing. I tie woolybuggers in orange, purple, black, green, yellow and red. I switch often and the preferred color can change by the hour for some reason. I fish a rather deep pool in the Root River in Wisconsin and the fish are difficult to see, but on occasion they will ignore a certain color and vigorously attach the same pattern in a different shade - go figure !!!
Susan --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My observations might get Hans in a tither but color > has been a major > consideration for steelhead as noticed on Elk Creek > (PA) last November. One > of our threesome was getting strike after strike on > a tree-green woolybugger. > I tried black then olive then chartruese with > plenty of fish to refuse it. > Buddy #2 was trying his green buggers in different > sizes to no avail. All of > us were fishing the same big pool over 100-150 fish > in low water. > > We asked buddy #1 to try his fly and all of us were > in for an hour or so of > unbelieveable fishing. We had doubles and triples > (2 or more of us hooked up > at the same time) while other anglers rarely got a > strike. It was like a > hatch and ended abruptly. Everyone gathered around > my friend to observe the > pattern afterwards and that night you can guess what > we all tied. > > As for your hackle question. I follow my buddy's > advice and buy cheap dyed > saddles from Cabelas or packs from LinesEnd. The > LinesEnd product came > picked and packed but I'm sure Byard can explain all > the options they have. > I like to palmer soft hackle evenly spaced. Your > experiments with hen > collars and bushy wraps might be the ticket for > certain situations. I > suppose it all depends on the water conditions, > whether the fish see it as a > hellgrammite/crayfish/baitfish/leech, how you fish > it, ect. > > All the strikes on woolbuggers that I've seen the > take on have the fish > aggresively chasing it on the retrieve. Sometimes I > cast it behind and fish > it on an angle coming away but into the peripheral > vision of the fish and the > first cast is almost always a chase, sometimes a > strike. > > still tyin... > Murf > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com
