George: Can you tell me where I can find pics and/or
recipe for that "teeny
fly"??. Also, do you know if it catches bluegills
too?? Thanks, Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Church" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Back to Basics Bugger
> Tom,
>
> Interesting: I too have carried buggers for years.
And
> I have not kept count, but I beleieve that I have
> caught more fish on those flies than all others
> combined. I do favor the "Chili Pepper" as tied by
Mr.
> Spezio. A simple fly and a simple solution to the
ever
> vexing peoblem of: THE PERFECT FLY. If I don't
know
> what to fish I tye on a Pepper. I am sure other
colors
> and variations work well.
>
> I do beleive that we fly tyers spend vast amounts
of
> money and time on finding the perfect fly. I
beleive
> that we could all do with with much less. Jim
Teeny (
> the Teeny Fly ) fishes only his original fly. I
> beleive he has gone to adding many colors but
still
> that simple nymph. And he catches lots of fish.
>
> Maybe the original mouse trap has been figured
> out--and only slightly improved?
>
> However, isn't it fun to keep trying to find that
> PERFECT fly !
>
> geo--I'll keep trying.
>
> --- Tom Davenport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> In the spring I was reading an article in
Northwest
>> fly fishing
>> written by a fellow who fishes Montana rivers
with
>> streamers,
>> primarily with what he called a "big ugly spark
plug
>> of a Wooly
>> Bugger". He had a name for it, and if I find the
>> article again, I
>> will send his name and the real name of his
bugger,
>> which I simply
>> call the "Back to Basics" bugger.
>>
>> In recent years I have been like the prodigal
son,
>> "seeking wanton
>> women" when it comes to wooly buggers. I had
>> abandoned hackle all
>> together and substituted Mohair or Ice Dub or
>> brushed Antron or ice
>> chenille, or all three. I have added beads, and
>> propellers (and I
>> have also also spent time with a particularly hot
>> number called the
>> "Chili Pepper.")
>>
>> So along comes this article with this guy saying
he
>> only uses this
>> one fly, and he catches lots of fish. It was
>> nothing more than a
>> simple, traditional bugger, black marabou tail,
>> brown chenille body,
>> copper rib, with palmered Cree or Grizzly hackle.
>> That's it. No
>> bead, no propeller, no ice dub, no crystal
chenille
>> body, no crystal
>> flash in the tail, nothing!
>>
>> So I tied some up for still water fishing using
it
>> as my trailing fly
>> with one of my gaudy "whores of Babylon" buggers
>> in the lead...
>> and ... you guessed it... that plain old bugger
has
>> out fished the
>> others 10 to one.... including... the venerable
>> Chili (sorry Tony. It
>> is probably just our local planted fish. They
settle
>> for hamburger
>> when they could be having the T-bone)
>>
>> I just tied up another dozen for tomorrows
fishing.
>>
>> Here is the recipe
>>
>> Hook: Streamer
>> Weight: lead weight (if desired, I add weight to
>> mine)
>> Thread: Black, or Chili Pepper Orange (Not in
his
>> recipe, but I just
>> can't resist adding Tony's snazzy orange collar)
>> Tail: Black Marabou
>> Body: Brown or Tobacco Brown chenille (In the
>> article there was just
>> a picture and a recipe, the recipe said brown,
but
>> it looked tobacco
>> brown to me, so that is what I have been using)
>> Rib: Copper Wire
>> Hackle: Cree or Grizzly
>>
>> I like to get everything tied in at the bend
except
>> the hackle, then
>> I wrap the body forward and tie off, attach the
>> hackle behind the eye
>> of hook by its butt end and palmer back to the
bend,
>> then anchor it
>> by palmering the copper over it to the eye.
>>
>> Some times I also throw on a bead. Old habits
die
>> hard.
>>
>> Tom Davenport
>>
>>
>> PS I have change my old [EMAIL PROTECTED] email
>> addy. The new one
>> is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> George C.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "Always do right; this will gratify some people
and astonish the rest."
>
> Mark Twain
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