Gregor 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2005 A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by Gregor: No tail deer hair Humpy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted August 22, 2005 That would be a good beetle searching bug. john Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2005 It is great search pattern. It is very useful in riffles, because it swimms excellent! Use some Orvis floating gel on the wings and this fly is unsinkable (well, almost ). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moskito_01 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2005 Is there a reason why you didn`t tie in a tail? Or did you just plain and simple forget to. ;-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2005 Do beetles have tails? Everything has its own reason. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moskito_01 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2005 It`s a "humpy" not a beetle! And I have never seen a tailless humpy. Nice tie by the way. I love humpys. I think they`re fun to tie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2005 Well, what do you think what humpy imitates? I have always done better with no tail humpys. With this yellow combination you can also make one trick more - with a black marker put on some black lines and you have perfect wasp imitation. You can also tie in some fine rubber legs and make head out of the yellow deer hair in front of the wings. One more note - deer hair is trimmed on the downer side of the fly, so that the fly always rides with the hook point in the water. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moskito_01 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2005 What`s your trick in order to get the right length deer hair to fold over. For me it`s mostly luck if the wing comes out right or not. Sometimes it`s way too small sometimes too big. So, how do you measure the deer hair before tying it down? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregor 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2005 A lot of practice. But pay attention - this deer hair is tied in by method of spinnig the deer hair between two strands of thread (like making a dubbing)! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites