This summer I was fishing for crappie and met a fellow who had lots of fish that he caught on a simple fly. I have seen this fly in a book but can’t seem to find it. Perhaps one of you can help.
Description: Wet fly hook, about a 10, Body Black Chenille and two white rubber legs in the middle of the fly.
that was all.
Thanks in advance. Tim
PS - he said he bought the flies in a store.
That is just basic chenille spider, or rubber-legged, chenille spider. Various simple rubber-legged, chenille “spiders” go by a lot of names:
Wilson’s Bully Blue Gill Spider: http://www.buckeyeflyfishers.com/ultimatefly/desc/WilsonsBullyBluegillSpider.pdf
Gil Getter Spider: http://www.gulfcoastfff.org/index.php?page=article---fly-tying-101
Bream Killer: http://www.breambugs.com/index.php?_a=category&cat_id=10
Chinelle Spider(?): http://www.madeontheyellowstone.com/madeontheyellowstone/More_Flies.html
slow sinking spiders-weedless: http://thebasspond.yuku.com/topic/3013/slow-sinking-spiders-weedless#.UMpJPaw5aUo
I personally prefer to fish Cap Spiders: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZekzILGRI or http://ultralightflyfishing.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=5415
Or as Ray proved to me at a Reel Recovery event, sometimes, Ray Boudeaux’s “Black Boudeaux” will outfish 'em all… HA!
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Boudreaux: http://www.classicflytying.com/pattern7515.html
Bowfin47
FFF Member since 1984
Bowfin. Thaks but thats not it. The fly I am looking for only has two rather short leg. Here is a picture of one I tied. The legs are about 1/3 longer than the original.
I would like to find out the name as the flies are for another angler, a non tyer.
Thanks.
Tim
Looks like a chopped down version of a girdle bug. Yours may even immitate a waterboatman if greased to make it rid in the surface film.
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I’ll call it a girdle bug. Thanks for the responses.
Tim
Definitely a water boatman pattern, not a Girdle bug, although materials are similar. The Girdle bug is a stonefly pattern, tied on a longer hook, with more legs & antenna. If you google water boatman, you’ll find a ton of similiar patterns, although I’m unaware of a name for this particular pattern. There’s an example on FAOL as well: http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/102003fotw.php. Probably has a local name, and might be based on a historical pattern, but to find the name would require a lot of digging.
I would also say that Water boatman was the first thing to come to mind. Because he bought it in a fly shop doesn’t mean that you will find it on the net. A lot of shops sell local flies with local names. If yours delivers lots of fish for you then name it what you want.
Here is my guess:
http://www.flytyingbug.com/threads/water-boatman-and-backswimmers.1066/
I agree with your comment about local shops. The fellow who had the flies lived in Burns, OR. When I saw the fly I didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to it as I was catching all the crappie I wanted on a leech. His fly sank fairly fast & may have been weighted. Also it was well used and may have had more legs when new. So while I will not know for sure the name I will tie up some for my partner and tell him they are probably either a variation of the boatman or girdle bug.
Also if your interested lookup Rock Creek Reservoir on the road between Hart Mountain & French Glen. It also has some nice rainbows.
Tim
I have been laughing for about 5 minutes and have calmed down enough to type now. I live in Burns, Oregon and am pretty sure that I know who that was. I will see what I can find out. Our Fly Shop here sells several local flies that you can’t get elsewhere. Rock Creek is one of my fishing holes.
OK it was a water boatman burks. The local shop ties a couple of versions of this and they sold well last summer.
http://www.feathermerchants.co.nz/product/pb_14072.html Check it out.
Thanks. Hope to get out there again this coming summer.
Tim
