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I have had extremely good luck on a plain and simple olive wooley worm. Tie it on a 3x long shank #6 hook, using medium olive chenille and a medium brown brown hen hackle. Takes less than a minute to tie and is one of the most productive flies I've used in many states and waters; it is by far my favorite night fishing fly. I took a visiting scientist at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico night fishing in a lake in the Jemez Mountains and we had a spectacular night of catching numerous trout in the 2 - 5 pound class. I was stationed there at the time and leaving for another duty station and he ordered 1000 of that one fly. You don't need to add anything to this fly and it doesn't matter which way you palmer the hackle. Gunner

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Hey ya'll

 

This is Watauga Fishin....

 

I was part of this forum in 2004 under the name "Preach"....I have been away for 3 years and forgot all my old info until yesterday...so

 

I will be using my old name "preach" and will be letting "wataugafishin" go.

 

Please be advised...this is the same person!

 

 

Thanks for your patience! biggrin.gif

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Going perty good!

 

How bout you???????????

 

So you're relocating to NC..........I aint far from western NC...

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Fishing is good...Going this weekend. Looking at the Charlotte area.

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I am still bout 5 hours from Charlotte...But if ya get near Asheville holler...All the guides bring their customers over here to East TN

 

We have some great water here...

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Copper/Wire Hare's Ear

 

My vote goes for Roy Christie's Copper and Wire Hare's Ear. I made up a couple after speaking with Roy this past summer. It's a great fly for trout. Thanks, Roy!

 

Mark

 

 

My pleasure Mark, thanks for coming to se the show. It was great to meet you.

 

For anyone interested, here's the logic behind the design...

 

http://www.sexyloops.com/articles/troutflydesign1.shtml

 

Happy tying,

Roy

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Mickey Finn does the trick for me!

 

I like to use Mustad R74 hooks

Red bucktail

Yellow bucktail

black 3/0-6/0 thread

gold chenille (medium)

some heavy lead

 

Strip that baby in and bammmmmm.

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Copper/Wire Hare's Ear

 

My vote goes for Roy Christie's Copper and Wire Hare's Ear. I made up a couple after speaking with Roy this past summer. It's a great fly for trout. Thanks, Roy!

 

Mark

 

 

My pleasure Mark, thanks for coming to se the show. It was great to meet you.

 

For anyone interested, here's the logic behind the design...

 

http://www.sexyloops.com/articles/troutflydesign1.shtml

 

Happy tying,

Roy

 

 

 

Wow...What a fly...that is truly simple!

 

What size hook and wire do you recommend?

 

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wataugafishin-

 

I am assuming you are fishing the Watauga and Holston rivers in east TN. I grew up in Bristol for 20 years, fished last week on the Watauga. Bar none, best and simplest fly on those two rivers is a size 16, English Pheasant tail.

 

Also, a local guide by the name of Mike Adams, ties a fly called the redbutt. It's really easy- take a red 8/0 thread, build a small head at the bend of the hook with the red thread, then body is just peacock earl wrapped to the head, then put in a soft hackle collar, and then of course then you will have a red head as well at the front when you tie in the hackle and finish the fly.

 

Hope that helps!

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Eggi Juan Kenobi and Hetero-genius nymph. These two have caught more trout for me (worldwide) than any other patterns.

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