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Ed: That does work... I tie a Black Widow spider like
that.. I tie it on a #12 or #14... I build the head from black thread, then glue
it and clear coat it with Sally Hard as Nails... Slip on a red craft bead for
the "hourglass" (and to give it weight)..Tie on the abdomen in black
thread and seal as before. Then I either come behind the bead and tie in a webby
"wet" hackle" and another of these in front of the bead", or, recently, just tie
one black webby wet hackle feather in front of the bead.. It gets saturated, and
the fly sinks,(at least a few inches below the surface, depending on my
retrieval rate) but is a real bluegill getter, Chuck
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Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:43
AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Weighted Dry
Flies
You can weight them or design them differently - I have a glass
bead ant that I use to fish subsurface. One of the articles I read
commented that you don't really see ants stay on top of the water long - they
struggle and start to sink. This pattern is great on Paint Creek here by
my house - I'll fish it as a dropper with an adams as my indicator.
On 12/23/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I was wondering if I'm the only one that does this. I
weight some "Dry Flies" with lead wire to make them sink...There is a few in
particular, and I have had real good luck with it... Foam Beetles, Foam
Spiders (or any bluegill foam fly with rubber legs).. Ants, and letort
hoppers..
At least THIS time of the year because I only fish for
bluegill (and bass( because there are NO trout here. The fish are not
feeding on top, even in the late evening, like they do in the
Spring/Summer.. So, I started weighting these flies to "get the flies
to where the fish are". Anybody else do this??? Any others you weight that I
didn't mention and you have good luck with. That weighted Letort Hopper,
tied in a dark brown (almost black) with rubber segmented legs is great,
because around here, one of the best fishing for brim is done with hook,
sinker, bobber, and live crickets.. Well, by tying those in dark color to
look like a cricket, and "twitching" it through the water to make it look
alive..... It is a great fly....Or, am I just a nutcase of the group???
Allan Fish you do NOT get to answer that LOL... All the DVD's, Tapes I have
seen say to "experiment"... so I do. All you other "dry fly weighters" come
out of the closet and join Me LOL... Chuck
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Ed
Roden
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