Ginger, are you using a shock tippet between your class tippet and the fly? If so, what? Are you using Bimini twists for class knots?
We've been disregarding the IGFA regulation tippets for years, so has all of Australia. No one knows why IGFA had to specify tippets so strictly when any tippet configuration is still flyfishing. I argued with Lefty for an hour over this, since he's the one that served on the board that set the rules. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginger Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tarpon feather streamer flies > > >Deb Duran asked me this so I thought I would now post to group. > > ? How do you create the thickened 'bubble like" head on Tarpon Flies > I build the thread up a lot (Gudebrod G) around the eye area, I try for a > narrow tear drop shape. Then I sometimes put on mylar or vinyl eyes and > epoxy. If you only fish these once a year I would use 30 minute epoxy. I > place the flies on my drying wheel at an angle with their noses pointing > down, this helps the drying of the cone nose (verses placing them flat). > > ?Why are these flies tied toward the year of the hook > Less fouling and to leave room if the fishermen want to snell the hook > > ?How do you get your wings to lay right > Tarpon are very finicky if your fly is lopsided you will never entice them. > I use nice big neck hackle (from Whiting of course). You can use 3 left and > 3 right feathers of 6 from the middle. Measure to length (about 3 inches on > a 2/0 hook) and cut together. Antifouling devices include a tuft of deer > tail or a feather stem with barbs about 1/4 inch long (this is called a > snarvel). You can place the wing/tail on each side at a time for ease. Lay > the feathers so the bare stems are sitting one above the other not all > behind each other. Like the fingers on your hand when you shake someone's > hand. Add sparse amounts of krystal flash or awesome hair. Then do the collar. > > ?What are popular colors > This year black and purple was the favorite (each way feathers and head) > also red head and white feathers , black feathers with red head, honey > badger and orange head, and a big grizzly seaducer. I like to use fox or > bunny for the collars. > > ? What leader do I use > You will be using an 11 or 12 wt rod for the big fish. The latest > configuration out of the keys is to disregard the IGFA standards and opt > for a longer tippit. Formula 60 pound but of triple fish leader (2 feet), > mid section 25 pound hard mason (3 feet), tippit of 4 feet fluorcarbon. The > knots are not near the fish and the hard mason helps turn over the large fly. > > ?What about the hook > Sharpen it until you can stick it in your thumbnail. Stainless steel are best. > > > Ginger M. Allen > Sr. Biological Scientist > Florida Master Naturalist Program Coordinator > www.MasterNaturalist.ifas.ufl.edu > www.MasterNaturalist.org > Department of Wildlife & Ecology Conservation > UF/IFAS > 2686 SR 29 N > Immokalee, FL 34142-9515 > PH (239) 658-3400 (suncom974-3400) > Fax (239) 658-3469 (suncomfax974-3469) > > >
