50 years of fly fishing and tying

[Master Carper]

Good looking flies and trout Mr. Hoddy.

I bet we have fished some of the same waters.

Do you or have you fished the Lower Illinois River before?

 

[Deer Slayer]

Master Carper - where do you live? In OKC?

 

[Master Carper]

Master Carper - where do you live? In OKC?

Bixby

 

[dennishoddy]

Good looking flies and trout Mr. Hoddy.

I bet we have fished some of the same waters.

Do you or have you fished the Lower Illinois River before?

Yes, a couple of times. It’s only a two hour drive or so. I should hit it more often, but when heading that direction, Tanneycomo keeps calling my name.

 

[Master Carper]

Yes, a couple of times. It’s only a two hour drive or so. I should hit it more often, but when heading that direction, Tanneycomo keeps calling my name.

We went to Tanneycomo trout fishing last year, and it is a great place to fish!

 

[Master Carper]

Fly if the day - Stonefly!

Hopefully when the water levels drop back down and the water clears up, I can get a chance to put one of these flies in front of a big ole hungry carp.

 

[SPDguns]

My best summer I caught trout in 6 states. MC, what is the hackle on this fly and can you tie me some??

 

[Master Carper]

That appears to be a man made hackle, twisted around a very small gauge wire. I do not have, nor have I used or seen hackle like that before.

 

[Master Carper]

Bethany pulled up a couple of pictures on line of a fly she wanted in different colors, and asked me to tie a couple of each color for our next bass fishing trip.

These are tied on a stainless Gamakatsu hook.

This material looks much better once it's wet, and has excellent swimming action!

Overall length is 2 3/4"

My favorite color is the second from the top.

I don't know is we can pull it off or not, but Bethany wants to try for a 60 bass / day next time we go to our little bass lake - fly rod only!

With a good overcast day and light sprinkles or showers throughout the day, I believe we can have better than a 60 bass day. Only time will tell...

 

[SPDguns]

That appears to be a man made hackle, twisted around a very small gauge wire. I do not have, nor have I used or seen hackle like that before.

I just stopped by Adams Fly Shop in OKC. He said the hackle is CDC. (Duck butt feathers)