This is the time of year when we tie flies, mountains of flies!!! For those of us that live within two hours of the Swift we can tie those flies and not have to wait until April to get them wet. I finished 2012 working a Swift Serendipity below the Pipe. It works anywhere that you have riffles or choppy water.
Here's the recipe:
scud hook - size 14 through 20
Body - red kevlar for the body. I like the waxy shine of kevlar. Keep it slim.
Wing - a tag of white turkey flat
head - dark red or reddish brown dubbing.
That's it!! A very simple fly that loves fast water
Ken
10 comments:
Thanks for posting that Ken.I will try it next time I fish the Swift.
Do you add weight to the fly when you fish it?
Mike
Thank you for the pattern it looks great with kevlar.
Could the turkey flat be substituted with Antron yarn or white cdc?
Thanks
Bakir
Mike,
Usually I'll add a micro shot 18 inches above the fly. Lately with the low flow on the Swift I haven't.
Bakir,
The turkey flat sinks the fly quickly which is what I want. The other materials would keep it in the film which will work on some occasions.
Ken
Ken, try tying up a serendipity with flexi-floss and some senyo lazer dub UV dubbing for the "wing". You can play with the tension of the flexi-floss to change body taper and the nature of the material makes a really nice ribbing on the fly. Not going to work any better than the beauties you posted... just a fun option to try :)
Will,
I'll try that!
Ken
Love the winter Tying posts ken! Keep them coming!! Headed home after work tonight to clean up my tying desk...gotta spend some quality bench time! Starting a weekly/bi-weekly tying night with my brother-in law
Had a really nice visual morning yesterday on the Swift. W/ only 3-fish to hand and a couple of spits to speak of in 4-hours, it was the scenery that sticks out in my mind.
Fished a couple of spots that I hadn't been to in a few years, above the gauge below rt.9, that were nice to reacquaint myself with. Landed a decent 'bow that was a bit buttery in color compared to the usual green or silver hues observed.
Not all bad for the first drifts of 2013.
~Pete
I forgot to add above that I must be doing something wrong w/ this fly as it's never produced for me at all. I can honestly say that I've never caught a fish w/ it. Because of this post, I fished it pretty heavily on Sunday to no avail. Now, I never fished it by itself, but rather used it as my top fly for a few different droppers in a few different areas, w/ and w/o weight, and still nothing. Perplexing IMO, as it seems like a reliable fly for a lot of people. Again, it must be something that I'm doing, or not doing...
~Pete
I've never had great luck using this fly in pools or slow water. Riffles and pockets are the place for this fly.
Ken
Ken,
Thanks for the tip of fishing the serendip in riffles. My question is are there fish in the faster water in the winter? Would you consider the pipe spot a riffle? What fly would you recommend for deep pools?
I'll stop there but have many more questions. Going smelting in ME this weekend so i guess i don't need them answered anyways.
Thanks for the blog, its great!
Cliff
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