Hatches tv I think had a great one. It was an instructional video on tying the rainbow trout Thunder Creek. Now I cannot find that video anywhere. I have too many patterns saved on my computer favorites.
Hatches tv I think had a great one. It was an instructional video on tying the rainbow trout Thunder Creek. Now I cannot find that video anywhere. I have too many patterns saved on my computer favorites.
My wife snuck out this morning with a couple girlfriends and fished for monster rainbows in a very urban setting... She was able to catch 5... about 40-45 pounds of fish. She used one of the little bead chain eyes TCs... After she lost it the fish would hit nothing else she tried...
Hap: can you post a photo of what your TC's look like with the bead chain eyes? Also, when you use bear hair, do you still tie them with a lighter belly?
JohnScott: what type of synthetic material did you use?
Thanks, guys!
BD
This was tied a bit heavy because it is show and tell sort of fly I usually tie much sparser than this for using... I am putting together a step-by-step for this fly by request from a number of local folks... Mostly the ones that have fished it.
This is brown bear and polar bear. The body is tinsel, but flashy thread of any kind works. Last night I added a chartreuse dubbed body to some for testing. Oh, last night's have pink or green eyes...
art
Oh, the hook is a Mustad 9672 size 10 and I almost always use 8/0 thread or smaller. The stray hairs on the head are clipped and Sally Hansen is added to the whole head and thread collar. When they get up to size 6 I switch to Gamikatsu T10 hooks. Size 2 to 12 is the range I usually tie these in.
The tinsel body is the usual first failure point... and makes it fish better.
art
BTW
My wife did not realize she should change rods after the first big rainbow and all her fish were caught on a 4wt TFO Finesse...
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