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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 15:38:25 GMT -6
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Post by creekhunter on Jul 27, 2011 9:26:43 GMT -6
ANDY that Drop beaded Caddis pattern with your drop bead system is excellent! RIGHT ON Man now i can use up some beads i have lAYING AROUND That will open a whole new world of flyz for walleye perch and rockys the will watch out now !! THANKS MAN again EXCELLENT IDEA! A+
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2011 13:17:43 GMT -6
I was wondering Andy, about the balanced caddis. I was on a lake this spring where a balanced caddis larva was getting over 20 hits a day. Fish would see it and 50% of them would turn and take it(clear water situation). However I had real problems hooking up. I was using a Mustad jig hook(BNL-something-or-nother) and rarely connected with a fish. I had the same issue with my balanced leech on the same hook. So I've picked up the Daiichi that John uses hoping this might change things. But I wanted to ask you if you've had the same results, or if you've noticed that fish seem to grab the larva bead(head) first alot, resulting in missed strikes? What's your conversion percentage on hit's to fish on? I'm really puzzled by this.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2011 13:58:30 GMT -6
Chauchey,
With the drop bead caddis' and jig nymphs, I am primarily fishing these on river's using a short line/french leader system where I'm in full contact with my fly 99% of the time. This style of nymph fishing with a hook that rides point up combined with a down-stream hookset when tracking the fly results in a good corner/top mouth hook up 90% of the time.
I haven't tied or fished any balanced flies on the mustad's or daiichi's, but have had a good hook up ratio fishing balanced flies tied on the 60 degree H400BL jig hooks Hanak Competition makes. The hook set I use when fishing active flies under indicators on lakes is a combination of a strip set and pulling the rod towards myself, as apposed to an upward yank with the rod that seems so popular at pulling small flies out of a fishes mouth.
Maybe it's the 60 degree bend combined with the super long lazer sharp point that allows a more "forward set" when reacting to a take, as apposed to a 90 degree bend which seems would be a more upward set? Who knows really..
Let me know if you want to give the Hanak's a try Chauchey and I'll post a few in the mail for you to try out.
Hope this information was somewhat useful, and if not sorry for the rambling!
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