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I recently received a few dyed (red, yellow, orange, black, purple, green) buck tails in addition to some backing I bought.
Being new to tying, what are some fresh-water patterns I can make from these tails. I will make some clousers for my surf fishing for small halibut but aside from this pattern I have no idea what to do with these.
Fresh water fishing includes mainly trouting but once in a blue moon steelheading.
Thanks friends.
First off Mickey finns and black nose dace patterns come to mind as great trout streamers using bucktail. I use alot of bucktail in pike flies as well.
Generally you can easily come up with many of your own successful bucktail streamer patterns. I tend to tie baitfish patterns and attractor patterns with bucktail.
Buck tail also makes great tailing material on gurglers, and wiggle bug pike and bass flies. It's a great material and leades itself to many creative patterns.
-Hillard
It's hair and not hollow ....use it wherever you want to...don't limit yourself to just what patterns say.
Don't forget that smaller clousers catch trout.
I like Thunder Creek style flies.
I'll have to try some of those patterns and maybe come up with a few too!
Thanks!
BLACK NOSED DACE!!! GREAT FOR BASS BLUEGILL CRAPPIE TROUT AND WHATEVER ELSE SWIMS!!!