Archive for July 8th, 2008
Done for the day
Leech Lust Reconsidered…
In October 2006, Jeff Morgan wrote a very thought provoking newsletter on Westfly~Oregon re his extensive findings on Leeches’ place in the trout’s diet. He challenges our use of sizes, weighting locations, colors and presentations. This is a very interesting article and at a minimum it makes me affirm the following: tie more multicolored mini leeches and don’t jonly use long strips when imitating leeches. I wonder when we use Buggers and utilize longer, fast strips if we are not imitating baitfish rather than leeches, but don’t always realize that is what we are doing. Check out the article a page or so down into the newsletter. Check out Westfly for great NW US info on all facets of flyfishing and tying. Jeff was a very creative and refreshing force while at Westfly. He now teaches at a Mid-West university.
the Curtis Creek Manifesto has been around since 1978 and the Fish Bum’s Guide to Catching Larger Trout since 1998. Both are excellent books filled with humorous cartoon like characters, who delve into the basics of flyfishing with amazing clarity. Any seasoned flyfisher would look at these two books and immediately recommend them to anyone seeking clear and concise information to capture their kid’s imagination. There are many expensive and detailed books out there that overwhelm us let alone a child. These two books are guarnteed to create a positive and lasting impression on your son, daughter, nephew or son-in-law. the Curtis Creek Manifesto deals with stream fishing and the Bum’s Guide does a great job explaining float tubing and stillwater environs. They are not big but they are mighty.
I am reposting ’The Vladi Worm’/'Pink Condom Worm’ because it has been buried in the old archives to some degree and I note recent B.C. traffic and want to share it with them as a stream/river option, if they are not already aware of it. The catch, find the color options in condoms or some other latex option. I would want to experiment in not only the pink but perhaps a lighter green. The link has an excellent attachment on how to construct the ‘worm’. I have not been able to try this yet so interested in how it is to tie and fish. But, it looks great, I am sure you agree, and a darn site better looking than the San Juan Worm, albeit longer to tie. Let me know! An earlier gentleman in a prior post, commented upon I believe Crown Condoms providing the right color. Perhaps someone will have to venture into the porn shop to query ‘do you have pink condoms, or green, a lighter green?’ Blank stare.
http://swittersb.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/pink-condoms-the-vladi-worm/
http://swittersb.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/leech-lust-reconsideredjeff-morgan-westfly/
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