Thanks guys. There are plenty of meat fishermen at this lake. I love to eat crappie, I'm ust too darn lazy to clean a mess of them. Fortunately, this particular lake has no problem with an abundance of folks who help thin the herd.
The fly I was using is a very simple tie. In fact, it's not much of a fly at all but I catch a lot of fish with it.
Hook: 2X streamer size 6 to size 10 (I was using size 8 for the crappie)
Tail: Clump of white maribou with a few strands of crystal flash mixed in
Body: Silver tinsel wrapped up the hook shank
Head: red thread head (about 2 hook eyes)
it sinks slowly. Strip it in with a "twitching" type retrieve. It looks a lot like a minnow when fished this way.
That's it. It takes all of 5 minuts to tie this if I'm being really careful. For the most part, sloppy ones work better anyway.
Oh by the way, I caught 32 more last night.
Jeff
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