GREAT TIE! I would tie it just like that without the brown hackle... Just Grizzly for me!
GREAT TIE! I would tie it just like that without the brown hackle... Just Grizzly for me!
Good job on that crackleback. I use a lot of them down at Bennett Springs throwing down under the stone bridge and at the hatchery outlet. I like the orange or caddis green or yellow bodies or the green or purple holographic tinsel bodies as well. I use grizzly or brown or black or olive griz with different colored bodies and I just saw one , which I intend to try, with a little red yarn or floss tail. I hope to get back down there before the season close to try it out.
What sizes seem to be most effective for you folks?
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
I have had success in 12 and 14, though I haven't tried much else.Originally Posted by FishnDave
I spend a little time on the mountain, I spend a little time on the hill...
The Crackleback is a fine fly. It's just never worked for me very well.
That's just me. You know how it is....no confidence in a fly....no fish.
A palmer hackled fly that I do fish and have very good success with is the Bivisible.
A sweet old pattern that catches fish today as it did many, many years ago. Try it, you might just like it.
Thanks to Deanna for the photo retrieved from the archives.
Last edited by bobbyg; 10-09-2010 at 01:11 AM.
When you can arrange your affairs to go fishing, forget all the signs, homilies, advice and folklore. JUST GO.
Very nice tie, Byron!
The Crackleback is a fantastic fly. I've had good success with it on small mountain creeks in NC too.
Not to take away from this thread, or the fly itself, but I'm amazed at all the different names and credits to basically the same fly. Orange Palmer (and yellow too), Orange/Yellow Asher, Crackleback, Bivisible ....even a larger Griffith's Gnat. Yeah, a couple of them may use a little different material for the body and a rib on top or something, a tail maybe, but they are all basically tied the same.
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Mark 1:17
Not sure how accurate this is, but I tried a Crackleback with a red tail. I think this one looks a little "heavier-bodied" than the first picture in this thread. Probably won't float as well. It looks like I used only furnace hackle for this one:
Last edited by FishnDave; 10-11-2010 at 03:09 PM.
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
I fished that river back in 91, I was at Ft. WOOD.
Nice looking fly I use it up here in the northeast!
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