Joined: Mar 26, 2005 Posts: 23 Location: New Hampshire
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject: Flies from the early days
When I first started fly fishing I used only a hand full of different patterns. I tryed to keep it simple. This afternoon, I hit the water armed with a streamer that I had not used in many years, a mickey finn. It made me wonder if anyone else out there has any "forgotten flies from there early days".
Here are mine:
1.) Mickey Finn
2.) Irresistible Adams
3.) Griffith's Gnat
Joined: May 15, 2003 Posts: 863 Location: Portland, Maine
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:07 am Post subject: absolutely
hey nhtrouthunter,
great post ..... i absolutely rely on the traditional patterns during spring and fall - especially when fly fishing the lakes and when the smelt are running .... probably more so than any other flies - actually - definately more so than any other flies..
my two favorite and most productive patterns are
1. Black Ghost (with maribou NOT feathers)
2. Mickey Finn
Look in the corner of this Salmons Mouth - you will notice a Mickey Finn
I had a rude awakening the other day when the salmon were hitting an old classic I never though tot have int he box. A red and white bucktail. I di better on a variation of it with polar bear instead of white bucktail and a copper flash on top. Mickey Fin is another good example that I am just tying some of now. The black ghost in marabou is one of my go to streamers so I tend not to thik of it as old fasion, but I guess it is an old pattern.
Joined: Feb 05, 2005 Posts: 85 Location: Syracuse, NY
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject:
Mickey Finn
Black nose dace
Edison tiger dark
Edison tiger light
Muddler Minnow (good hopper pattern when fished on the surface)
These are all hair streamers I used quite a bit when I first started fly fishing (around 1964). They were easy patterns to tie, easy to fish and productive too.
I still carry a few of them, but I have to admit I rarely fish them these days. Maybe it's time to get back to basics.
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