I am looking for a good imitation of the crane fly. Would appreciate a time proven fly.. Recipe and photo would be greatly appreciated. Any info what so ever as to where I can locate the pattern would also be aprreciated....
HT
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I am looking for a good imitation of the crane fly. Would appreciate a time proven fly.. Recipe and photo would be greatly appreciated. Any info what so ever as to where I can locate the pattern would also be aprreciated....
HT
[url=http://flies.hipwader.com/index.php:b2f7e]http://flies.hipwader.com/index.php[/url:b2f7e]
Click on Flies by Bug in the fly databse menu on the Leftside. There will be a menu with craneflies in it. There should be some patterns there.
Never fished craneflies though...
Cheers,
Paul
[url=http://www.westfly.com/patterns/dry/deerhairdaddy.shtml:f21e5]http://www.westfly.com/patterns/dry/deerhairdaddy.shtml[/url:f21e5]
Thanks for the come backs...Have bench marked both sites...
Thanks again...
HT
I've been fishing the cranefly here in Holland on the Oostvoornse lake. This is a big saltwater reservoir once connected with the Nortsea. When you fish the crane in the summer you will have a good chance to catch a big rainbow. Also fished on a Belgium river, the cranefly was good for several species of fish.
Here's another one for you to look at:
[url=http://www.flyrodreel.com/index.php/page/ak/id/84:ea600]http://www.flyrodreel.com/index.php/page/ak/id/84[/url:ea600]
Mike
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There is no greater fan of flyfishing than the worm.
Patrick McManus
Taylor Streit's Poundmeister -
Hook: TMC 2487 size to match natural
Bead: Gold bead size to match hook
Thread: 6/0 tan
Underbody: Gray chenille
Legs: Oversized dun wooly bugger hackle
Back: 5 strands of Peacock herl tied in before chennille, then pulled overtop the once the chenille has been wrapped forward
Ribbing: Copper wire
Thorax: Peacock herl from back
I don't have any photos of the fly right now, but if you email and are interested in a photo, I can send you one. This is a super fly! Taylor and his son Nick have developed this fly for the Rio Grande and it is amazing!
Hope this helps
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Tight lines,
Jeremy Barela [url=http://www.customflys.com:78696]www.customflys.com[/url:78696]
[This message has been edited by barel fly (edited 19 February 2005).]
A simple Delta style caddis works very well for stream oriented craneflies. Light dun wings and sparse, undersized hackle with an appropriate colored body. I do splay the wings widely when I am tying them to imitate cranes although I'm not sure it matters.
Another killer is the venerable Tups Indispensible.
Personally I think this one picture has the fly overhackled. I would say the usual 1 1/2 times the hook gap.
[url=http://flytyingforum.com/index.php?act=flyshow&s=$s&showid=258:6b532]http://flytyingforum.com/index.php?act=flyshow&s=$s&showid=258[/url:6b532]
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John G.
Albuquerque, NM
Okay Loren,
Now go explain to 'hackletip' how he can go about getting some real 'TI' dubbing (-;
By-the-way, I do have some and it looks great. Was given to me by Jeff Serena who did a historical investigation to get the actual blend.
Allan