"Successful trout fishing isn't a matter of brute force or even persistence, but something more like infiltration" - John Gierach
The above fly is NOT one of Polly's creations but incorporates his fly tying principles - make it fuzzy and buggy and drift it slowly!
Hook - Size 14 wet fly or nymph
Tail - pale grey partridge fibers (they move in the current
Body - it's all hares ear with olive making up the rear 2/3 of the fly and orange/red making up the thorax. Use a dubbing loop to make it really fuzzy and then lash it down with fine (very fine) copper wire.
Hackle - grey partridge tied sparse
Now, Polly used lead wire a lot but I'm removing that material to keep it out of the environment. I don't use lead-free wire because it doesn't have the density to really make the fly sink and will just use lead free shot or a damn bead as seen above.
Fish this fly for an hour or so, catch some fish, and you will see that the fly looks like it's falling apart. IT ISN'T! It's just getting GOOD.
I don't have a name for this critter but will call it the BUGGY BUNNY (the bunny comes from the hares ear material and the buggy comes from the fact that it's BUGGY.
Polly tied great flies right up to his passing at age 95. You can still get his books online and they are a great investment and great reading.
The Swift
Yup, it's still fishable although access to the PIPE, the Duck Pond and Cady Lane is still greatly limited. The Y Pool access via the parking area across from River Road is non existent. Use the main parking area but watch your footing on the hilly section because it will get icy.
I'm still guiding on this river!!!!
Ken
7 comments:
How about BugsBunny Fly!
Anonymous 3:06,
Close but no cigar!!
Ken
Ken,
I appreciate the fly tying ideas, especially during periods when I am unable to fish such as now. I am in the mode to looking at flies I never fished once this year, taking them apart with a razor blade and using the hooks for soft hackles for the most part. Hopefully I will get out again soon, meanwhile thanks for giving me something interesting to read.
Best Regards, Sam
Sam,
There used to be a time when fly tiers were very secretive about their trade. Theodore Gordon taught only one person how to tie and would never tie a fly in front of anyone. The great Catskill tyer Rube Cross was offered $50 back in the Depression (a HUGE sum) by a young Harry Darbee, a future tyer, to teach him how to tie. Cross refused. Darbee then bought some flies from him, took them home and used a RAZOR BLADE to take them apart while taking notes on their construction. You are keeping the tradition alive!!!
Ken
Ken,
I spoke to a gent on the river yesterday who said he'd four wheeled into the gauge parking lot, the first to break the path. I'm not recommending it to anyone without a 4x4. The fish are still there and were hungry. The water seemed slightly higher, probably from the morning rain and snowmelt. It was a slushy slosh to the river.
Does anyone know if it is legal to park directly on River Road?
I don't have four wheel drive but I'd love to get out to the Swift and would be willing to undertake the "slushy slosh" of a walk to the River.
Thanks,
Tom from Boston
Unknown,
I don't recall seeing "no Parking" signs on River Road but with this snow I wouldn't do it. Go over to Enoch Rd and park at the end and hike in.
Ken
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