Slate Drake Nymph

[Rich Strolis 0]

Here's a good one Slate Drake Nymph

[DaddyO 0]

Rich,

I'm a big fan of your videos. As always, wonderful job. Do you always fish that under an indicator? If not, what other ways would you fish that and what type of water would you target?

 

Thanks,

DaddyO

[Rich Strolis 0]

Rich,

I'm a big fan of your videos. As always, wonderful job. Do you always fish that under an indicator? If not, what other ways would you fish that and what type of water would you target?

 

Thanks,

DaddyO

 

You most certainly could fish this fly under an indicator, as a dropper in an active rig setup (euro, bounce, humphries etc) or, if you tie it with a turned hackle at the head instead of the splayed brahma, it works well swung in a team of wets, dead drifted, or cast across and hand twist retrieved off the bottom of the shallows. I typically target the water at the heads of the riffles with these flies when they are active, usually water measured in inches up to say 2-3 feet in depth. You can also use this as a dropper below a bushy dry prior to, during and post hatch. Hope that answers all the questions for you. I am happy you like my videos, I am always open ears to any input, good, bad or indifferent.

[DaddyO 0]

Thanks Rich. That's great information. I like watching everyones videos and viewing the step by step instructions. However, when I see a fly that I'm not familiar with, it makes me wonder how to present the fly and what circumstances dictate it's use. Again, thanks for the feedback. That's one of the things that I like about this forum. I, also, frequent the OzarkAnglers.Com forum and it is as helpful as this one.

[s fontinalis 0]

Great video there Rich...i love them. Of all the flies i tie, yours and Mike Schmidt's are the most frequent patterns - you guys are running up my cc bill with all the materials i'm buying...wouldnt have it any other way though!

 

Ran out a couple of Meat Helmet Sculpins once i got the helmets from Flymen. These are on the articulate shanks too, with the hook at the back.

 

Wasnt able to pick up any body fur in PA. My local TCO didnt have any, so instead i improvised and used Palmer chenille and polar chenille.

It gives them a lot more flash, and not such a shaped body, but still look pretty good.

I did olive and brown, here's the olive

[Rich Strolis 0]

Great video there Rich...i love them. Of all the flies i tie, yours and Mike Schmidt's are the most frequent patterns - you guys are running up my cc bill with all the materials i'm buying...wouldnt have it any other way though!

 

Ran out a couple of Meat Helmet Sculpins once i got the helmets from Flymen. These are on the articulate shanks too, with the hook at the back.

 

Wasnt able to pick up any body fur in PA. My local TCO didnt have any, so instead i improvised and used Palmer chenille and polar chenille.

It gives them a lot more flash, and not such a shaped body, but still look pretty good.

I did olive and brown, here's the olive

 

 

VERY NICE! Sorry Mike and I are breaking your bank, but I guess it could be worse, you could always be spending your money on less productive things. I am currently working out some things with my website, one of my ideas is to try and carry some of the more rare materials that are utilized in some of my patterns. I will be sure to announce this if and when it happens, sometimes improvisation or replacement of a material can be a real plus in a fly recipe. I have another little gadget showing up tomorrow that is going to help me knock it out the park with anything new I come up with from here on out...... You will all see what I am talking about shortly.