What have you been tying?

TheCream said:

We have a family trip coming up to Maine, first time ever for us in that state. We have a house rented on the banks of the Saco River, which is supposed to have stripers in June (schoolies, mostly, but I don't care about size). I've started tying a few flies for the trip. This is a local pattern called the "guitar minnow," basically a spiffied up Clouser.

I airbrushed some popper heads...then realized I needed some bigger hooks. So those are ordered and should be here in a few days.

One thing I like about tying for new species or areas is learning about something new to bring back to what I fish for here in Ohio. I took the guitar minnow recipe and basically inverted it, made it weightless, and added some streamer dubbing at the head. In a size 4 this should be a killer on river crappies and small stream bass.

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Sonder said:

Are you tying any Pollock Flys for your trip to Maine?

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TheCream said:

I wasn't planning on it. Like I said, it's a family trip first. I've done enough of these to know what to expect for fishing time. It won't be much, so I'm not tying 5 dozen flies for my few moments of fishing in our time there.

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