I hope you have a lot of fun while fishing at Tucker. I remember well the boat ride back when I was the first time there. Great story to tell about here.
All the Best
Anna says hi
Rene
Tony Spezio wrote:
Rene,
Here is a thought about the side lines. Instead of wrapping the hackle close together and a lot of wraps, why not put a couple of strands of peacock hurl down the sides of the fly, then wrap the hackle wide as to see the peacock stripe. Paul mentioned long soft hackle, I would go along with that all the way but not wrapped real close for the effect you want. That type of hackle gives a fly life.
I will think about you while I am up at Tucker today. Wish you were with me. Did not go yesterday, the wind was blowing like it was when you Mike and I came back to the dock when you were here. It was blowing like that when Mike and I came back on Wednesday.
Tony
Rene Zillmann wrote:
Tony, good morning and a happy new year to you and your family. As usual, you are on target here!
Maybe you know that the fishing licences over here run from Jan 1st to Dec 31th. therefore usually at the beginning of a year I have no license. I buy it somewhere during the course of the year - usually that means I miss the early days in january.
This year I managed to get my license last week - therefore today I have a valid license and I hope that I can do some serious fishing in the Rhine this afternoon. This morning we got a bad weather forcast, may be get some storm which will not allow some outdoor activities.
Anyway - currently I'm tying wolley buggers for the Rhine. The river has not much clear water. I guess less than 3 feet visibility. Therefore I'm working on some flies, which produce attraction not only by 'visibility'. One idea was, to construct the fly in a way, that it can be recognized by the 'side lines' of the fish (Hope the translation is ok -- Allan, what is 'Seitenlinie' in English).
During a Bugger swap hosted by Tony Flower, I've got a bugger, which a spund dear head. This thing is the start for my experiments. I'm wondering, if the hackle construction (long, dense, webby, stiff,...) will add attraction for the sidelines as well.
Best Rene
Tony Spezio wrote:
Rene,
I have not kept up with the tread so I may not be on target here. If stiff hackle is used on a bugger type fly where the hackle is spiraled up the body, this will cause the fly to spin. If using a light leader, it will twist the leader real bad. The soft hackles will move in the water and give some "life" to the fly.
Tony
Rene Zillmann wrote:
Thanks to all, who replied.
I was wondering about the function of the body hackle in this case. Is it only a visiual thing, or is the stiff, large hackle producing some waves in the water which are recognized by the side lines of the fish.
Rene
Paul Marriner wrote:
Rene, whatever turns you on. The original had a long webby hackle; one
of my favorites is an olive-dyed grizzly saddle.
Cheers,
Paul
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