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This is a stomach sampling taken from a Brown Trout on the Lower Owens River, in January:

 

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That would be here, in the Eastern Sierras...

 

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Notice that in that sampling, there are Midges, Cased Brachycentrus (Caddis) and in the squiggly orange lines, with the fat anteriors, Black Fly Larva...These are various stages of Black Flies:

 

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This will tell one "What's going on"

 

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Generally, for that water, I carry Midges...

 

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Scuds...

 

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...and for days when it warms up a bit, Baetis/BWO's...

 

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PT/TB

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Olive Woolly Bugger size 6. Popeye's Promiscuous Wife size 18 to 22 fished 3-4 feet below an indicator. Bunny Leeches in size 6 to 8.

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Hi Scott,

 

Your photo piqued my interest in the Buzzball. I was intrigued when Gary LaFontaine touted it in his books, but I never heard much about it or saw one in Colorado, and I've never even seen any orange hackle. I've spent a lot of time casting to trout sipping midges in slow water. Sometimes I fool them, but this is one area where I'm constantly experimenting for better solutions. (Yes, I'm a pattern junkie.)

 

Do you use orange hackle? I have a bunch of big hackle left on my grizzly capes, so maybe I should try my first dye job. Maybe orange Koolaid, unless you have some suggestions.

 

 

 

Bruce,

 

I first tied them with light reddish brown as a sub for orange, but then died up some hackle with orange Koolaid and used that instead. Caught fish on both colors so I don't know how much difference it makes, but since it's so easy to dye them, I figured I'd keep it like Mr. LaFontaine intended.

 

Regards,

Scott

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Thanks Scott - I'll drink the Koolaid!

 

 

Bruce,

I first tied them with light reddish brown as a sub for orange, but then died up some hackle with orange Koolaid and used that instead. Caught fish on both colors so I don't know how much difference it makes, but since it's so easy to dye them, I figured I'd keep it like Mr. LaFontaine intended.

Regards,
Scott

 

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I'd love to see a pattern for Popeyes prmicuous wife.Google is not giving the images I'm looking for. Lol

 

 

I was curious about that pattern as well. The one reference to it is on the Flyfish BC Forum...

 

" Popeye's Promiscuous Wife: Dirty olive with black rib and black tungsten bead with white gills - tied on Mustard C49S ". The thread was mostly about large Chironomid pupae, for lakes. So if ya' got a photo OBM...give it up tongue.png

 

 

PT/TB

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