Went down to Montesano and spent a long weekend on the Wynoochee. Sspent 3 beautiful days in the sun with my girlfriend and my two kids. Did some fishing, but also did mostly other fun activities with them. (went to he ocean, played games, etc). Well, there's no power down there, just a woodstove for heat and propane for lights. SO when it got dark we'd sit around, read, adnI got soe fly tying ddonee. My kids love to tinker, so I let them fidle around trying to tie. My daughter had a fly she wanted me to make. Of course, when it's al done, she gives iit to me. She has quite th wild imagination, and to say the least this fly was prety wwild loking.
Put the fly in my flybox (always do when i first tie them so kids feel happy about me having them). Well, we're down fishing and having litle lucck. My daughter says "Dady, you should really try my fly, it's a fish getter". It's just a relaxing day, so I appease my daughter by tying on her fly. Low and behold, 5th swing of the fly through the hole prduces a nice 12lb nate buck. Slammed it hard iin fact. Fly line stopped and was yanked under. All I could get from my daughter was an exciting "See Daddy, I told you it was a fish getter fly". I'm gonna sit her down at my bench from now on and help me design flies.
In case you're curious wht this fly looks llike, it was spun on a stanndard fly hook, tied with red thread.
a full grizzly hackle tied as tail (about 2 inches long)
then you palmer in about 2 turns of natrual rabit strip on butt section.
Two G.P> breast feathers I think (the metallic green ones) tied body bag style right covering the palmered rabit (basically it covers rear sectin of hook.
Then spin chinse red yarnall the ay to upturn of eye of hook.
Add two of thenatural red G.P. flaank (i think) featherstied body bag style at very front of hook. Finish off with your head and tha's it. I'll have to get a picture of it. Will tie up another one though, the ifs demolished the original.
Put the fly in my flybox (always do when i first tie them so kids feel happy about me having them). Well, we're down fishing and having litle lucck. My daughter says "Dady, you should really try my fly, it's a fish getter". It's just a relaxing day, so I appease my daughter by tying on her fly. Low and behold, 5th swing of the fly through the hole prduces a nice 12lb nate buck. Slammed it hard iin fact. Fly line stopped and was yanked under. All I could get from my daughter was an exciting "See Daddy, I told you it was a fish getter fly". I'm gonna sit her down at my bench from now on and help me design flies.
In case you're curious wht this fly looks llike, it was spun on a stanndard fly hook, tied with red thread.
a full grizzly hackle tied as tail (about 2 inches long)
then you palmer in about 2 turns of natrual rabit strip on butt section.
Two G.P> breast feathers I think (the metallic green ones) tied body bag style right covering the palmered rabit (basically it covers rear sectin of hook.
Then spin chinse red yarnall the ay to upturn of eye of hook.
Add two of thenatural red G.P. flaank (i think) featherstied body bag style at very front of hook. Finish off with your head and tha's it. I'll have to get a picture of it. Will tie up another one though, the ifs demolished the original.