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Question for you RE fly tying. I know NOTHING about it, haven't fished since I was like 11/12. But, my sister and her husband have made a living as running a professional fly fishing guide service in N. Michigan since 1993, so the topic has some interest to me in a roundabout way. I could just ask her, but you're here, so I'll ask you:
Can't you use practically ANY kind of fur or feather to tie a fly? Or, is there a risk using something "different" (like the button quail feathers) that the fish just won't "rise to the lure" as they say, and reject it.
Just wondering if I should be saving button quail feathers for my sister. She already wants my pretty turkey feathers!
YES ANY FUR/ FEATHERS CAN BE USED, EVEN MANY SYNTHETIC MATERIALS ARE USED, BUT THE FLIES TIED ARE NATURAL IMITATIONS OF EXISTING REAL SPECES.. TROUT/ SALMON ARE QUITE PICKY AND APEX PREDATORS IN THEIR HOME WATERS... THEY WILL NOT USUALLY STRIKE SOMETHING THAT DOESNT LOOK LIKE NORMAL PREY. DRY FLIES ARE DESIGNED TO FLOAT ON TOP OF THE WATER AND LOOK LIKE ADULT BUGS OF 1 SPECES OR ANOTHER, NYMPH FLIES ARE DESIGNED TO RIDE IN THE WATER COLUMN (BELOW THE SURFACE AND ARE MADE TO IMITATE "NYMPHS" OR LARVE OF AQUATIC FLY SPECES. THE MATERIALS USED AND DESIGN TIED DICTATE DRY FLOATING OR WET SINKING FLIES. FLY FISHERS "MATCH THE HATCH" IN ORDER TO BE GOOD AT IT YOU NEED AT LEAST A LITTLE ENTOMOLOGY BACKGROUND IN THAT WHEN YOU GO FISHING YOU LOOK AROUND THE AREA AND SEE WHATS FLYING AROUND IN THE AIR OR SKIMMING THE TOP OF THE WATER- YOU THEN PICK A SUITABLE IMITATION FROM YOUR FLY BOX AND START FISHING
MOST "FLY RECIPES" ARE PATTERNS THAT IMITATE REAL LIFE AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL SPECES FOUND IN YOUR QUARRY'S ENVIRONMENT. THE PATERN FISHED CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE MANY TIMES IN ANY GIVEN DAY AS DIFFERENT FLIES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE FISH AT DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE DAY. SOME STONE FLIES HATCH AT 1ST LIGHT, OTHERS MIDDAY, YET OTHERS LATE AFTERNOON/ EARLY EVENING. NO AQUATIC FLIES HATCHING WHILE YOU'RE FISHING? THEN YOU FISH NYMPH FLIES OR GO TO TERRESTRIAL FLY IMITATIONS-- BUMBLE AND HONEY BEES, CRICKETS, DEER FLIES, ETC.. SALT WATER FLY FISHING CAN VARY FROM THIS, BUT FRESHWATER USUALLY ADHERE'S PRETTY CLOSELY. AS FAR AS SAVING FEATHERS FOR SIS... EMAIL HER AND ASK IF SHE CAN USE THEM.
Question for you RE fly tying. I know NOTHING about it, haven't fished since I was like 11/12. But, my sister and her husband have made a living as running a professional fly fishing guide service in N. Michigan since 1993, so the topic has some interest to me in a roundabout way. I could just ask her, but you're here, so I'll ask you:
Can't you use practically ANY kind of fur or feather to tie a fly? Or, is there a risk using something "different" (like the button quail feathers) that the fish just won't "rise to the lure" as they say, and reject it.
Just wondering if I should be saving button quail feathers for my sister. She already wants my pretty turkey feathers!
YES ANY FUR/ FEATHERS CAN BE USED, EVEN MANY SYNTHETIC MATERIALS ARE USED, BUT THE FLIES TIED ARE NATURAL IMITATIONS OF EXISTING REAL SPECES.. TROUT/ SALMON ARE QUITE PICKY AND APEX PREDATORS IN THEIR HOME WATERS... THEY WILL NOT USUALLY STRIKE SOMETHING THAT DOESNT LOOK LIKE NORMAL PREY. DRY FLIES ARE DESIGNED TO FLOAT ON TOP OF THE WATER AND LOOK LIKE ADULT BUGS OF 1 SPECES OR ANOTHER, NYMPH FLIES ARE DESIGNED TO RIDE IN THE WATER COLUMN (BELOW THE SURFACE AND ARE MADE TO IMITATE "NYMPHS" OR LARVE OF AQUATIC FLY SPECES. THE MATERIALS USED AND DESIGN TIED DICTATE DRY FLOATING OR WET SINKING FLIES. FLY FISHERS "MATCH THE HATCH" IN ORDER TO BE GOOD AT IT YOU NEED AT LEAST A LITTLE ENTOMOLOGY BACKGROUND IN THAT WHEN YOU GO FISHING YOU LOOK AROUND THE AREA AND SEE WHATS FLYING AROUND IN THE AIR OR SKIMMING THE TOP OF THE WATER- YOU THEN PICK A SUITABLE IMITATION FROM YOUR FLY BOX AND START FISHING