I DO like rubber legs on my underwater brim flies, but they are also ALWAYS white. The reason is that if I can see the white rubber legs, I can see them when they get hit by the small brim and move to the side (Remember the water where I usally fish is quite clear). If the white rubber legs disappear, I know it definitely time to set the hook since the fly is in a fish's mouth. I've found the white legs to be more visible than any other color, if you where a pair of polarized sunglasses.
Mark Delaney On 6/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chuck: > I don't like rubber, or silicone legs on my sub surface flies. I like > bugs with no longer than shank length marabou tails. I also like small > Crease flies, or minnow patterns, less than 2 inches long. I usually fish > size 6 to 10 hooks. I'm not interested in the small bream. On a good day I > might hook and land 1 or 2 dozen bream, but I' ll have missed, or not > connected with 3 times that many. I'll usually get a fairly solid strike as > I strip my fly in, but when I let it sink or sit, I watch for movement in my > fly line, as soon as it starts moving I'll set the hook, sometimes I miss > them, but 80% of the time I'll hook em. They're picking up the body of the > fly, because there are no legs to grab onto. > > Jerry C > "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." > > > In a message dated 6/13/2005 20:20:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > .. Anyway, my question is this... I was using sinking flies (mostly a black > bream killer with white rubber legs that looks like a water bug),.... > Can somebody tell me, do I need to sinch backand set the hook faster??? > Harder???? Is this just a part of fly fishing???? The ones I did land, the > line would take off, and they'd been well hooked, and I'd get em in, but I > misseda a LOT more than I caught like I said..Thanks in advance, Chuck > > > -- "So much water, so little time!" http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html
