freshly caught

[pirate!]

well well, yesterday was rather stressful so i decided to go for a bit of casting practice since its been months since i last casted a fly rod, and i decided since i have a new 2wt, the time was appropriate to pop the cherry. so, i made my way down to a particular legal fishing ground. i casted for just over an hour and a half, and had some bites from tiny peacocks which were about finger sized.

It was getting dark quite quickly and i decided that the fish would be holding deep. i cut off the black ghost which i had on, switched to an "old-school" clouser decided to fish it with the "old-school" "let it sink, and jig it along the bottom".

i casted out the fly and let it sink. i held the line and began to make the first strip. i had not been able to pull the fly line more than 6 inches and i felt the weight of a fish. i presume he ate the fly on the initial drop since the line had a lot of slack in it. i gave a little strip strike so that i wouldnt pop the thin 4lbs tippet. cheeky little fish decided to make a run for the rocks, putting a nice deep bend in my new 2wt rod. i actually stopped his run! whoopee! as i was bending over to land the fish, he made a last ditch attempt to escape, which was foiled thanks to the soft tip which compensated for his sudden pull. great way to end the day... last fish on the last cast and a very beautiful one! its been a while since i've seen a peacock without the barring.

that was it, this fish made my day! i pulled him up and a kind passer-by took a photo for me.

picture


Tight Lines!!

Pirate!

[poisonmaster]

nice fish
;D

[Qwek]

learningtoflyfish said:

It was getting dark quite quickly and i decided that the fish would be holding deep. i cut off the black ghost which i had on, switched to an "old-school" clouser decided to fish it with the "old-school" "let it sink, and jig it along the bottom".

Nice Catch An Ren! Nice to see you back whipping again.

I think the Black Ghost is older than the Clouser. Infact the BG came out before Bob was born. hehe Did you know that both attractor flies are also group under the hairwings patterns.

Anyway, good to see more tyers coming out with classic fly patterns. I believe you mentioned somewhere, if not on this forum that you had difficulties laying the feathers on the flanks. I used to have that problem too.In Borski videos on fly tying, he showed a method to tied the wings. Instead of stripping fibers off the feathers down to the stem. He bunched the feathers, stem and fibers together and tied them down to the shank. The fibers helps to prevent the feather stem from rotating down or around the hook shank.

Hope this help.

Cheers
Qwek

[pirate!]

Nice Catch An Ren! Nice to see you back whipping again.

I think the Black Ghost is older than the Clouser. Infact the BG came out before Bob was born. hehe Did you know that both attractor flies are also group under the hairwings patterns.

Anyway, good to see more tyers coming out with classic fly patterns. I believe you mentioned somewhere, if not on this forum that you had difficulties laying the feathers on the flanks. I used to have that problem too.In Borski videos on fly tying, he showed a method to tied the wings. Instead of stripping fibers off the feathers down to the stem. He bunched the feathers, stem and fibers together and tied them down to the shank. The fibers helps to prevent the feather stem from rotating down or around the hook shank.

Hope this help.

Cheers
Qwek

Hi uncle Qwek! yes it was me that mentioned that my hackles werre a little off when i tied them in. i will try the method you suggest, when I get home! thank you for the tying tip! what other "old school" patterns are there? kinda running an obsession on them... lol! lets fish together sometime (:

[Qwek]

Hi An Ren,

Let us create a new thread at the flytying section on classic flies or "Oldies" as you called them. ;D

Cheers

Qwek