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AlanYuodsnukis

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About AlanYuodsnukis

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    Bait Fisherman
  • Birthday 09/04/1968

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  • Favorite Species
    Smallmouth bass, brown & rainbow trout, stripers, steelhead, Atlantic salmon
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    Mid Coast Maine
  1. Very nice looking pattern - smooth, elegant, looks like it would have a bunch of movement! Don't forget to pinch that barb...
  2. Sort of like Charlie Brown, this GP (definitely NOT related to THE GP) is homely, but likeable. Hook - TMC 7999 Tip - Gold tinsel Rib - Gold tinsel Tail - Orange Dyed Teal Flank Body - Rear 1/2 orange dubbing, front 1/2 black dubbing Hackle - Rear 1/2 - yellow saddle, following rib Hackle - Front 1/2 - black marabou, stripped on one side, following rib Collar - 1 turn black marabou Throat - Orange dyed teal flank Wings - 1 pair orange saddle hackle tips (tradition calls for two pairs, but I like the translucent nature of 1 pair). Head - Orange thread
  3. Good eye...I did tie it on a shank. I particularly like a waddington for this pattern because the rear "eye" holds a junction tube nicely. I tie one end of my tippet to a short shank hook and run the tippet through a short piece of junction tubing. The eye of the hook gets jammed into the back end of the tubing, and the front end of the tubing slips over the back "eye" of the waddington. The tippet gets threaded between the wing hackles and then the front eye of the fly, and is attached to the leader with a surgeon's knot. I like being able to alter my hook selection with these flies; I fish them with everything from 2/0 circle hooks for stripers to size 4 glo-bug hooks for smallmouths. Although the fly's originator calls for ostrich hackle for the tail and collar, I use marabou because it's cheaper and available in more colors.
  4. I spend much of my on water time swinging wakers and wets with a spey rod for smallmouths. When I'm not doing well on top, or I just want a change of pace, this pattern is a consistent producer, aesthetically pleasing (to me, anyway), and fun to tie. Enjoy!
  5. That is a trophy chub! Occasionally, I will see them pod up and rise like trout on midges in my home river. They will eat waking flies when they're on top like that. Always a fun surprise!
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