If you nymph fish you probably use an indicator of some sort, if your like me and most other fly fisherman you use what is called a Thingamabobber. It was developed out west from guides using small gallons for indicators. Recently I purchased some Thingamabodies made by the same company that that gave us the Thingamabobber. So I started playing around tonight continuing with the hopper theme and came up with the Thigamahopper. Now I just need to hit the river and test all these flies out.
So I ordered a River Road Hopper cutter set…here is the results… I must say I’m ready for spring to try these out…
I just finished up my new fly rod! A TFO TiCr-X 8wt 4 piece, it’s got snake guides, a full wells grip, and fighting butt. Now I just need to get on the lake and catch some stripers and carp…
Here is a small preview of this weekend’s new project…
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I got a chance to hit up Settles Bridge this morning…it was slow fishing but I got to test a new pattern; the Trout Nom Nom(TNN) Nymph. I was tying up some flies yesterday and I decided to let Anna chose all of the colors for the pattern and this is what she came up with. So out I went to test it out, I dropped it off of a Two Bit Hooker and sure enough, I only had one fish for the day but it was on the TNN It was rough fishing and really foggy all morning, but one to hand was a good morning.
Two Bit Hooker
Hook – 14 curve shank
Thread – black
Tail – Goose bits
Body – Black thread
Rib – Red ultra wire
Thorax – Whitlock dubbing blend / bead / more dubbing
Legs – centipede legs
Wing case – gold flat tinsel
Head – bead
Tied up some new ones tonight…these should be especially good for the Delayed Harvest this year…first up is the
Super Y2K
Hook – size 12 curve shank
Thread – red
Thorax – silver bead
Body/hackle – wrapped egg material
Head – Silver bead
Next up is the
Heavy John
Hook – size 12 curve shank wrapped with lead
Thread – brown
Tail – goose biot
Body – green and chartreuse ultra wire
Thorax – bead
Legs – partridge
I got to hit the Amicalola Delayed Harvest this past Friday for a quick hour. Fishing was slow I saw Kevin and Brandon from NGTO on the way in and out and between the two of them they only caught 2. I spoke to 3 other guys and they had no luck whatsoever. I ended up bringing 1 to hand with a Y2K, so all in all it was a great day on the water. I’m ready to get back out there again now. Here is a quick slideshow of the day.
I tried out 2 new patterns tonight…the first one should be a Brookie slayer…
Hi Vis Coachman
Hook – Size 14
Thread – Red
Tail – Golden Pheasant
Body – Peacock / Orange Floss / Peacock
Wing – White Calf Tail
Hackle – Orange Grizzly
The Hares Ear nymph is a great nymph as well as the Pheasant Tail nymph, so why not combine them…
Double Standard
Hook – 12 Curve Shank 2x
Thread – Brown
Tail – Pheasant Tail
Body – Pheasant Tail
Rib – Gold Wire
Abdomen – Rabbit Dubbing
WingCase – Pheasant tail
