Went out today and got some fish. All on boa yarn flies with the red eyes. Red yarn worked well also.
Rick
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Went out today and got some fish. All on boa yarn flies with the red eyes. Red yarn worked well also.
Rick
If I don't see a photo of fish how can we believe you? Just kidding!
If I could make the camera work better that would happen.
Rick
Just have some fun, Rick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Z
Bruce
I'm a firm believer in red eyes.
Buddy
I think a bead head on boa yarn flies is a plus factor. I mostly use silver lined glass czech beads. While I have had good luck with red I seem to do a tad bit better with orange. Yet again the color difference maybe that a fig newton of my imagination but I am sold on the addition of a bead.
Tim
I am a firm believer in orange. I will usually whip finish orange over the thread head of most of my flies. It may only be a confidence thing, but, I think an orange thread head produces more fish for me.
Just a sure sign you have been in Tennessee too long.Quote:
Originally Posted by WarrenP
For those who might not understand Uncle Jesse's reference, the University of Tennessee’s colors are orange and white. It is entirely possible that folks in the UK (United Kingdom, not University of Kentucky, or U. of Kansas), Scandinavia, and New England might not be aware of that bit of trivia. Reputedly the US courts have ruled that "Big Orange" and "UT" refer to the University of Tennessee east of the Mississippi River and the University of Texas to the west.
Ed
To complete the explanation, in the state of Tennessee it would not be considered unusual when you arrived at a person's home to find one or more vehicles in some combination of orange and white paint, to have a large amount of orange and white throughout much of their home or to find them dressed in orange and white, especially on a Saturday during the fall months, I had a dear departed friend from Knoxville, the first time I met him at a company picnic he was dressed in an orange shirt, white pants, orange socks, white shoes. He would have not stood out in a crowd on game day in Knoxville.
Beliveve it or not, when deer hunters go hunting in TN, they even wear orange!!! : )
It's such a versatile color you can go from the penal work project on the side of the road, to the woods and on to the game and be properly dressed.
Yes, even properly dressed game in Tennessee wears orange and white...
Ed
This time of the year trout fisherman who fish the small mountains stream may wear orange to distinguish them from other creatures that roam the woods that people shoot at for sport and food. I guess most of the streams in North GA are closed for the winter now however, is their still trout fishing in state controlled lands in NC and TN?Quote:
Originally Posted by WarrenP
Joking aside I also like to have some red on my flies generally tying them with red thread definitely for the head. Besides being Tennessee or UTexas supporters is Orange a good color.
I honestly use orange for the heads on a lot of my flies. I will use tread to match the body and blend in and after doing a whip finish, I pick up my bobbin with orange thread and do another whip finish over the other one. For me, orange is a very important color for my flies.
Warren,that is interesting, I guess I best test out Orange on my next flies I tie, thank you.
Linecaster,
I, for one, would love to hear how your test came out. I whipfinish an orange head on my buggers, flymphs and soft hackle wets and have a lot of confidence in fishing them. A couple days ago I had a great day of trout fishing using a black flymph with an orange head.
I really would like to hear if you notice a difference using it.
Run a search in the FOTW for an "Orange Nymph". I've been catching a lot of sunfish on those.
Of course, for me, those are tied in Orange and Black, which just happens to be Ok State's colors :)
When I get around to doing a little tying, I think i will try a couple of soft hackles with orange beads. My friend in AZ always tells me to show them something they haven't seen a thousand times when they are not biting.
Ok will do but you may have to wait awhile, I am not too patient catching warm water species in the cold but will show the flies when I tie them up.Quote:
Originally Posted by WarrenP
I respect Rick Z's observations so red bead eyes need to be tried too.:cool: