Hi folks,
I’m going to be able to take a trip to central Colorado in mid-August. I have been searching for a pattern for the mysis shrimp and have been unsuccessful. If anyone has a recipe for this critter, I’d appreciate it if you passed it along. Thanks in advance and Best Regards…
try this… maybe this is what your lookin fer ?
Go to flytyingforum.com
click on Fly Pattern Database
click on Search on the left (not the right)
type “mysis” in the last window (you don’t need to choose from the drop downs)
There is a pattern on this site from 2/9/98 fly of the week
This one is pretty:
http://www.schmidtoutfitters.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=2133
And I have used these with moderate success
http://www.fryingpananglers.com/archive-essays/articles/Mysis/articles-mysis.htm
Bugman,
That may be what I’ve been looking for! Thanks a million. How are things in east Texas? I spent a few years living in Shreveport, La. and was through Kilgore pretty regularly. Again, thank you and Best Regards…
Coach Bob,
Thank you! The area that I will be fishing is close to Basalt, Aspen and Gunnison. This pattern may be the one. I appreciate your help and Best Regards…
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw/2298fotw.php
http://www.flytyingworld.com/PagesS/stevegossage.htm#Mysis%20Shrimp
Hey Joel,
Any of the patterns posted above will work. I live here in Aspen. If you have not been here before I can say that you will want to bring some GREEN DRAKES!! I could give you a lot of infromation if you need it. Maybe meet a fish alittle.
Sheldon
Norm,
Thanks for the patterns. The last one on the list from FlyFisherman magazine is outstanding!
Sheldon,
Thanks for the heads up on green drakes. They are a regular part of my arsenal. When I began to supplement it with other patterns, I discovered that several articles I read singled out the mysis shrimp as being a natural part of the diet of the trout where we will be fishing. I was fortunate to live in Vail for three years (late 70’s, early 80’s) and have been to Aspen many times. It’s a beautiful area!
Best Regards…
Joel, this is the pattern I like and it seems to work well. I developed it for local tailwaters, especially the South Fork of the Snake River as it dumps out of Palisades Reservoir.
Size #16 DaiRiki 125
Clear Mono tying thread
20lb mono melted on both ends for barbell eyes - tied in at bend of hook
Simi Seal Crystal dubbing for tail/legs.
Crystal dubbing figure eighted around eyes
Pearl Holographic med Flashback pulled over top of eyes and dubbing
Pearl Krystal Flash wrapped up hook shank
ex-small clear D-rib wrapped over Krystal flash
two or three coats of Sally Hansen’s Har as Nails and you’re done
Anyway, here it is:
Just one more option for the choices you’ll make.
Good Luck,
Kelly
This is Charlie Craven’s fly
http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/uploads/Fly%20Pics%20176.jpg
And the critter
Kelly and Ok…
Thanks for your contributions. The water we’re going to be fishing is a tail water under a large reservoir. There is about 3/4 of a mile of catch and release water then the river enters a long stretch of private property that’s normally not open to fishermen. Best Regards…
There is an excellent tailwater w/large browns in a Blue Ribbon Fishery on the Taylor River.
On a map follow the Gunnison River through Gunnison, through to Almont. The East Fork is the Taylor, and famous for it’s mysis shrimp activity.
Colorado,
My younger brother has a cabin at Tin Cup, just a few miles from Taylor. That’s where we will be. I have fished the reservoir but this will be my first time for river/stream fishing in that area. I’m pretty excited to experience it. Thanks for the info and Best Regards…
Joel, take yer own rock. That place is a zoo in the summer, so much so that I don’t bother fishing it. Look NW and wave to me when you are there, I will be over the second mountain.
Hi,
From reading this thread all I could think of was a soft hackle suggestion:
thread: black
body : white floss
rib : fine silver wire
thorax: small ball dubbing, white rabbit fur mixed with some white wool
hackle: partridge feather (the white ones with black flecks) one or two turns (small mallard breast feather would work too)
head: black
I’ve made this up while reading the thread, so it’s not a tried and true suggestion or anything, but might be worth trying especially if fishing to educated fish.
DG,
If it’s too crowded, we already have permission to fish that lower section of the river that’s privately owned. Otherwise, we will go up to around Fairplay and Como.
Jeff,
Thanks for the recipe. I will tie a few up to have along. Like you said, since those fish are “educated” it might help. I was also thinking about the “G Nymph” that was posed here a few months ago…
Best Regards…
Joel, the FS water farther down the canyon is actually pretty good fishing, especially when the bugs are hatching. The fish are not as long as your leg, tho, like they are below the dam. The only time I fish the water under the dam is in the dead of winter at first light.
This is the one I tie and have had great success with. they’re a pain to tie. taylor creek or frying pan anglers in basalt sells them. I think they might be an umpqua pattern.
what makes that a pain to tie?
and if I had the chance to fish that private stretch I’d be on it in a second. the hog hole can be a lotta fun though. good luck w/ those slobs. they can be right tough.
ttas67,
Thanks! I may tie some of my own but having a place to buy them is good too.
mr. blur,
I agree. Smaller fish on much quieter water is always a good trade.
Best Regards…