Steps wrote: Some yrs back ( 5 or 6) I picked up a few random feathers, tinstle etc from the local emporium, then whipped them with a bt of 20lb fluro that was handy, on to soft bait weight. At 1st caught a couple snaps but no where as good as SB or bait. A few months later save Angry fish scootes so decided to try a couple others had tied .. diff colours tinstle feathers and size...and it was warmer summer weather and it worked. Thinking back to the 1st attempt it was winter, SBs dont work quit as well in cooler seasons I have found. How used them every now and then with mixed results. Then the other night on Angry fish he described how he layered the stuff up rather than a simple 'hold all the stuff together in a bunch and whip on' I do think that maybe the thick to make them work far better. Which going on the pic above, is the way to go. |
bop strayliner wrote: Oooh, could you make me a couple? 🤗👍🏻 |
Steps wrote: Oooh, could you make me a couple? 🤗👍🏻 I have never tied a fly, or looked into it... Just used whippings a snells to put flasher on jig head and even stray line hooks. Going on the Big angry fish comments the other evening, its about "layering up" each different flasher to make work well in the water. A simple whiping is not rocket science.. same as to stop a rope end unwinding. So if say whip on 1st layer...but dont tuck tag un loop for pull thru... then next layer, winding back up, then next layer wind down then loop thu tag and pull tag up underneath ???? maybe use braid ?? light FC may give more layer separation.. Hunter you do this sort of stuff right? would this work for a person just trying something out? I do know even tieing up a 2 hook fixed keeper stray line, just cutting putting flasher, maybe 3 colours under one of the snells is quite time consuming.. but not rocket science.. |
Tzer wrote: Come on Uncle when are likely to see McSkutes on the market, happy to test some for you |
Uncle wrote:
haha Craig, I was making them about 7-8 years ago. Ask Kane about his use of them. There was also a guy from Taupo who started making them about 5 years ago~~think he might have given up tho' |
Kevin.S wrote: I noticed they were just flies tied on a jig head, and as I had just tied a shady lady squid fly from the pop fleyes book thought I'd try tying one of those on a jig head. |
Uncle wrote: Somewhere around here I have an original Lefty's Deceiver, given to me by the man himself. He was in NZ about 1980, maybe a couple of years before & used some of my flies to fish the Tongariro. |
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