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Copper John Color?

Favorite/Most Effective Coper John Color  

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I voted other - Cause I' partial to Olive or Olive and black...

 

 

 

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Got wire of all colors and have found sometimes it is size that matters too...so I have tied a dozen each of

reds from sizes 10 12 16 18 to 20

originals ditto

chartreuse ditto

blue from 12 to 20

brass/gold ditto

orange ditto

green ditto

 

... yessir long winters will do that~

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I generally fish the CJ as a straight forward attractor pattern because if I'm trying to imitate a specific hatch there are better flies. With that in mind, I usually mix colors up along with the sizes of wire used. One of my favorite CJ color combos is Gold/Red/Chartreuse. I also like Chartreuse/Gold or Red/Gold.

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The trout go crazy for red where I fish. Chartreuse is awesome. Black and natural work well. Blue is OK. I still do the best with red. I am meaning to try some other colors. Amber, chart./black, tan/black, and olive/black should all work well.

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Hi,

 

Tied some red CJ today. It´s a good pattern in original as well as in other colors.

What do you think about my sample attached here ?

 

Where do you get black colored copper wire ? Or do you color it yourself ?

 

Hi from Germany

Stefan

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Hi,

 

Tied some red CJ today. It´s a good pattern in original as well as in other colors.

What do you think about my sample attached here ?

 

Where do you get black colored copper wire ? Or do you color it yourself ?

 

Hi from Germany

Stefan

 

 

Stefan,

Your copper johns would work great on the Red Traun, one of my favorite streams in Bavaria.

Lanning

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