Chuck,
You need to see the fly from below the level of the water, not from above.
You just miss too much if you only look at it from above. Just get a
clear
plastic container the size of a shoe-box. Store materials in it when
you're
not using it. THen use it to test flies and materials when you need to.
Only takes a few inches of water. THis method was indispensible when I
was
designing my sculpins many years ago. It took lots of tries to get them
right- to look like a fish swimming along the bottom. Tried and discarded
a
lot of materials, including rabbit strip, hackles, marabou, fox, etc.
Settled on mink and trimmed chinchilla.
DonO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Chili Pepper Swap- marabou
Don: Problem is, I don't have a 165 gallon tank handy LOL... I'll try the
biggest container I do have...I have a 55 gallon drum, would that work???
and if so, do you just pull the fly around in circles?? or back and
forth???
Thanks, Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Chili Pepper Swap- marabou
> Chuck,
>
> Not that that won't work, but watching them from a boat and watching
them
> in
> a clear container is not the same. You're too far away in a boat to
> see
> wht
> the fish sees when he's about to eat it.
>
> Like I mentioned before, I used to have a 165 gal aquarium that I
> tested
> all
> my flies in. I could swim them, drag the bottom, jog them and put them
in
> front of the water jets to mimic fast stripping. I could see fry flies
> from
> the bottom (fish-eye's view). I learned a LOT. Flies just don't
> behave
> and
> look they way you think they're going to.
>
> DonO
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 1:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [VFB] Chili Pepper Swap- marabou
>
>
>> Don: Again, GREAT tips.. Thanks.. I will try that.. I have several
>> tied
> and
>> I am going fishing tomorrow and the water is very clear, so I will see
> what
>> they look like in the water.. Thanks again, Chuck
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 2:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [VFB] Chili Pepper Swap- marabou
>>
>>
>> > Chuck,
>> >
>> > One of the things you'll notice about these peppers is the broad
range
> of
>> > characteristics for marabou feathers. You owe it to yourself to tie
up
> a
>> > half dozen marabou leeches with just a set of barbell eyes on the
hook
> and
>> > then 'fish' them in a clear container where you can watch the
>> > marabou
>> > 'work'. Tie some with long fine tips, some with full barbs, some
> tapered,
>> > etc. Whenever you try new marabou- 'fish' it first to see what it
acts
>> > like
>> > in the water.
>> >
>> > Marabou used to be from Marabou storks, but now it's from turkeys
>> > and
>> > chickens- so there can be a great deal of variance in the genetic
>> > characteristics of batches of feathers.
>> >
>> > So if I were tying a marabou muddler, I'd be using the fuller
feathers.
>> > If
>> > it was a marabou streamer, I'd use the tapered feathers- full at the
> base
>> > and fine at the tips. If I was tying a straight leech pattern, I'd
>> > pick
>> > long, fine tips from strung blood feathers
>> > (http://www.myoan.net/fishing/jargon.html). One tier here uses the
> blood
>> > feathers on his buggers and then pinches off the fine tips.
>> >
>> > Types: I use strung marabou blood-feathers quite a bit. Byard
> carries
>> > these on Linesend.com along with grizzly marabou. Craftstore
marabou
> is
>> > cheap, but the dyes are not colorfast in most cases. Cabellas**
sells
>> > 'spey' marabou, and I have some un-sourced packages of marabou with
> dense
>> > marabou along the shafts and fanlike feathers at the tips.
>> >
>> > Rope-dubbing marabou for beautiful fuzzy bodies that are tapered and
>> > segmented is a favorite of mine. The emerger semi-dry parachute fly
is
> a
>> > perfect application, so is a damselfly nymph. Mixing colors gives
> amazing
>> > buggy effects- like blending dubbings. The different types of
marabou
>> > give
>> > different shape bodies and fuzziness.
>> >
>> > I'll tie some marabou-dubbed tails and email you some photos- you'll
>> > see
>> > what I mean.
>> >
>> > DonO
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > To: <[email protected]>
>> > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 11:55 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [VFB] Chili Pepper Swap
>> >
>> >
>> >> Is it me, or do what. I look at those pictures and the first thing
>> >> that
>> >> comes to mind is "Phyllis Diller". You know, "really" bad hair
>> >> days.
>> >> Jimi
>> >>
>> >> I found it after some difficulty - add: _swap after pepper
and
>> >> before .HTM
>> >> http://www.chappysguide.com/html/secret_chili_pepper_swap.HTM
>> >>
>> >> Neville (Nev) Gosling
>> >> Greater Vancouver,
>> >> B.C. Canada
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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