I really like the looks of this fly so I tied my first one just now and here it is....
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...s/DSC00488.jpg
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I really like the looks of this fly so I tied my first one just now and here it is....
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...s/DSC00488.jpg
Nice CC, Skip. That will work on the Specks. I use a yellow chartreuse (Needloft nylon yarn "bright yellow") CC also in addition to the original fluorescent green (Needloft nylon yarn "bright green") CC. I know Al used the fluorescent green wool but since I haven't been able to find that, I use the next best thing. I've found the size 8s to be a killer on the Specks just tied with small beadchain eyes. I would put up some photos of Speck catches on the CC but my image host site is down right now. Maybe later.
The Crappie Candy is the fly that spurred me to start tying. I was doing some yellow perch fishing and the CC was recommended. I couldn't find a similar fly at any retailers at the time. Fast forward a couple seasons and I had had enough. I bought my first tying kit.
Danville makes the yarn in FL Chartreuse. I also have the FL Yellow too. That one is on a #8 too.Quote:
Originally Posted by dixieangler
Thanks guys,
Skip
Nice job! :)
That looks really nice! I change up the colors to immitate the baitfish released by the other fishermen at the end of their trips. :shock:
One of the things that I 'found' lately is a brass pull-chain at a hardware store that is heavier and thicker than the silver ones I have used. I have been using them this year and really like the way they drop. :)
I usually use size 10 streamer hooks or whatever else is handy. :)
Here are some CC Speck photos:
[url=http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-1/1133732/CrappieCandy8inchSpeck11-30-06(Small)_resize.JPG:12812]8 inch Speck on the fly[/url:12812]
[url=http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-1/1133732/10inchSpeckonthefly(Small).JPG:12812]10 inch Speck on the fly[/url:12812]
[url=http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-1/1133732/8yellowchartreuseCrappieCandypondSpeck2(Small).JPG :12812]Pond Speck[/url:12812]
[url=http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-1/1133732/9inchPondSpeck8FluorescentGreenCC(Small).JPG:12812]9 inch pond Speck[/url:12812]
These were actually caught on both the Improved McGinty and the CC.
[url=http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-1/1133732/5pondSpecks2(Small).JPG:12812]5 pond Specks[/url:12812]
The img code did not seem to work. Sorry. It seems to be truncating (cutting off) the url so I suspect that may be the problem. I give up. :(
When using DixiAnglers link I got This message once there : The file or directory could not be found.
Same here so he much have moved the files and lost the link.Quote:
Originally Posted by jjtroutbum
Skip
There is nothing wrong with my URL links. The Bulletin Board is truncating (cutting off) the URLs. It is a Bulletin Board problem. Moderators please fix. Thanks.
Never mind. I got the links to work.
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It worked this time, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by dixieangler
Nice crappie.
I hope to get after them next spring and we are lucky here to be able to catch some big slabs. My biggest in the last month was 16" and 2.2 pounds. I got him on one of my 1/16oz. Glow Jigs. We have caught a good number over 17" up to 19".
Here is the pic from 10/4/07...
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...h/DSC00467.jpg
Skip
Sixteen to nineteen inches are really nice slabs, Skip. Now try to get them that size on the fly :). My biggest Speck so far on the fly is a 13 inch pond Speck. Still looking for the Florida State record on anything, fly, jig, live minnow, whatever. :D
Foul hooked but I still caught it :).
[url=http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-1/1133732/4MCF13inchGate5PondSpeck2(Small).JPG:3a8b7]13 inch pond Speck on a Minnow Crease Fly[/url:3a8b7]
[url=http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-1/1133732/4MCF13inchGate5PondSpeck(Small).JPG:3a8b7]Same 13 inch pond Speck[/url:3a8b7]
Nice looking fish and he looks like he had his tux on as we would say and ready to spawn.Quote:
Originally Posted by dixieangler
I plan on catching my first crappie on flies next spring and I plan on catching lots of them. I found them this year for a few weeks in 2' of water in several places. I was just standing up in my boat with the troll motor on low looking for them by pulling my jig using a 10' pole and when you find them you could see them come up and hit the jig. Great fun that was.
The average of those fish was probably 13"-15"
I am pretty sure I will find them in the same spots next spring.
Skip
Great looking fish, Skip. I love catching those guys in the Spring right after ice-off, them cookin up a mess of em. Don't target them much in the summer as the flesh tends to get a bit "muddy" tasting as the water warms up.
My best crappie on a fly rod is 15" on my 1wt while fishing for gills. Caught it on a Zug Bug, then caught a 15" LMB with it as well. That was one of my better days fishing boat docks. Three species on three casts on the same fly standing on the same dock. Some days it all just comes together, then there are the rest of the days! :lol: :lol:
Joe
Well we don't have the ice thing here at all and the crappie in the winter are very deep and I really don't do much fishing in the winter, but about Feb with a little luck the LMB and Crappie will move shallow and I intend on troll motoring down the back flipping my fly from one side to the other covering lots of water that way. I tried that out yesterday with my super duper $20 Walmart rig and it was a great way to fish for next spring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Valencic
Yes sometimes they are just there and ready to hit. Sometime here if I want to just have some fun there is a couple of spots I know during the late spring and summer where they hold and I can go out for 1-1 1/2 hours and catch 15 or more bass. Now that I am starting to fly fish I am even more interested in doing that with the fly rod.
You must have had some kind of good battle using that 1 wt. rod and my pan is to get probably a 6 wt. first for all around fishing and then later add maybe a 3 wt. With the wind here and sometimes needing to make longer cast the 6 wt. is what I am leaning to.
I guess I spent way too much on all my casting and spinning gear to expect the wife to be happy and let me get very many fly rods, but at least I can probably use the same reel on both rods.
At almost 60 fly fishing has given me something new and exciting to do.
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