OK, a lot of people have been talking about this Boa yarn lately.
What are your best patterns?
What color are you using?
Any one have any Pics of there Flies?
I picked up some and have tied some bead head leeches.
The color I picked up is brown/olive/green.
When I get a chance to take Pics I will let you all know.
We just finished a boa and eyelash yarn swap on the swap forum. There is a link to the pictures on the top post.
I personally use black, metallic dark green and bright pink. I use the pink in a pattern like yours, with a light pink maribou tail. The green and black make great leech patterns, with or without a small maribou tail.
I used some white boa yarn with a dark, glass bead-head and red thread. Nothing at all happened with it, but my fishing hasn’t been any good for a couple of years here.
Someone keeps calling ahead and warning the fishes that I’m coming.
There’s almost nothin’ wrong with the first lie, it’s the weight of all the others holdin’ it up that gets ya’! - Tim
Puff: I have been experimenting with these flies in a variety of colors. Most of them were sent to me by Rick Z and a few I tied myself. So far the local gills and crappie seem to have a preference for white with a second choice of yellow. Black has been the least successful. This just goes to show you that a fellow should try different colors as Dixie Angler seems to be doing good with black. I will continue to experiment.
Another thing - I tied some of my flies on backwards. That is the head of the fly was towards the aft of the hook and the yarn barbs (or whatever you call them) were pointed forward. This gives the fly more wiggle and seems to help entice the fish. I got this idea from Rick Z several years ago when he tied some marabou flies this way.
Another positive aspect of this fly is that is is very durable provided you ensure a tight head is made on the fly. A drop of super glue doesn’t hurt.
I haven’t tried other colors like white or yellow in the Boa Yarn Leech yet but I will eventually . I think the black is just a good subsurface color as a lot of other patterns like Wooly Buggers and Wooly Worms in that color seem to work well here. Definately try different colors .
A big Thanks to Rick for sharing the boa yarn leach. I made up just a couple of black ones with a little olive chrystal flash for a tail and a red thread head yesterday. In a farm pond I caught lots of bluegills, several bass upto 2lb, and 2 catfish with the largest about 8lbs all on a little Three Forks 3wgt. This was about 3:00 and in an area where we had been swimming 30 minutes before. I was pretty slow to react, being more used to surface flys, and would get multiple hits sometimes before a hookup. The ones with the chrystal flash seemed to draw more hits than the solid black, so do experiment a little. I want to try some white and yellow ones next. Thanks again for sharing.
I think Ricks leeches have had more impact
on my warmwater fishing than any other
influence in recent years. His black leech
pattern has quickly become a favorite much
to the likeing of my bluegills, red ears and
largemouth bass. Like bowmaker, I believe a
bit of red is a good thing in a warmwater
pattern. I chose to add mine at the other
end of the fly.G It makes a great pattern
as a firetail. I just dyed a bit of white
boa yarn and tie in two wraps at the tail
prior tyeing in the black.
Warm regards, Jim
[This message has been edited by Jim Hatch (edited 26 June 2006).]
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