Floating line all around, although at one point on Wednesday I was using a clear intermediate polyleader. It didn't turn over well enough into the wind, so I just went with a 20 lb. Orvis AR leader that worked a lot better.
I'm attaching a picture of the main flies I used -- left column is as tied, right column after fishing. The bottom fly is called a Deer Hair Deceiver -- it's basically a Deceiver, except with a spun deer hair head instead of a bucktail collar. It pushes more water and has a bit more action than a regular Deceiver; usually chartreuse is the best color for me, but this time I fished mostly with the mullet grey. I think one snook and a couple of the ladyfish were on the DHDs. Umpqua sells a pattern called the Olson Slider; back before the Internet, I met Olson, he described his fly to me -- "it's basically a deer hair deceiver" -- and this is what I tied from his description. Mine ended up a slightly different from Olson's, and I still tie it the same as I did back then.
The other four flies are something I've been playing around with -- basically a bulked-up Clouser Minnow. There's a full dress version with chenille and hackles and so on, but for these I just tied in some ice dub or laser dub to add heft to the body and head. The idea is the same as the DHD -- push a little more water than the original, give it a little more bulk for turbid or stained water. It seems to work: most of the ladyfish, a couple of the snook, the cat, and the tarpon were hooked on one or the other of these flies, especially the chartreuse and white that lost most of its dubbing -- what I get for not bothering to whip finish. Since these are mostly Clousers, I added a couple letters from my last name to rebrand it the Clownser Minnow.
All of the pictured flies were tied on Gamakatsu #4 Stinger hooks, which turns out to not be a saltwater hook. Not sure why I thought it was, but all of the unused flies are going into my bass box for freshwater. I'll have to tie some new ones on proper saltwater hooks.
I also fished some poppers, spoon flies, and a regular Clouser (on Monday) that didn't get any bites. I think any number of small bait patterns would have worked on the ladyfish -- Clownsers were just what I had handy.
If you want more detailed instructions on tying these patterns, I should be at the Beer Tie on Monday. Or shoot me an email.
Miles
-- I'm attaching a picture of the main flies I used -- left column is as tied, right column after fishing. The bottom fly is called a Deer Hair Deceiver -- it's basically a Deceiver, except with a spun deer hair head instead of a bucktail collar. It pushes more water and has a bit more action than a regular Deceiver; usually chartreuse is the best color for me, but this time I fished mostly with the mullet grey. I think one snook and a couple of the ladyfish were on the DHDs. Umpqua sells a pattern called the Olson Slider; back before the Internet, I met Olson, he described his fly to me -- "it's basically a deer hair deceiver" -- and this is what I tied from his description. Mine ended up a slightly different from Olson's, and I still tie it the same as I did back then.
The other four flies are something I've been playing around with -- basically a bulked-up Clouser Minnow. There's a full dress version with chenille and hackles and so on, but for these I just tied in some ice dub or laser dub to add heft to the body and head. The idea is the same as the DHD -- push a little more water than the original, give it a little more bulk for turbid or stained water. It seems to work: most of the ladyfish, a couple of the snook, the cat, and the tarpon were hooked on one or the other of these flies, especially the chartreuse and white that lost most of its dubbing -- what I get for not bothering to whip finish. Since these are mostly Clousers, I added a couple letters from my last name to rebrand it the Clownser Minnow.
All of the pictured flies were tied on Gamakatsu #4 Stinger hooks, which turns out to not be a saltwater hook. Not sure why I thought it was, but all of the unused flies are going into my bass box for freshwater. I'll have to tie some new ones on proper saltwater hooks.
I also fished some poppers, spoon flies, and a regular Clouser (on Monday) that didn't get any bites. I think any number of small bait patterns would have worked on the ladyfish -- Clownsers were just what I had handy.
If you want more detailed instructions on tying these patterns, I should be at the Beer Tie on Monday. Or shoot me an email.
Miles
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