My Favorite Boatman Pattern

[kungfool]

Here's my favorite boatman pattern thus far:

 

Body: Olive + natural hares dubbing

Casing (under): Pheasant tail fibers (dark)

Casing (over) : Clear thinskin

Legs: black biots

Tail: 4 strands pearl flash

Tail (shank): silver ribbon

Thread: Black

 

[Weedy1]

Looks like a decent pattern, is it your favorite looks wise or catcha lotsa fish wise??

[kungfool]

Looks like a decent pattern, is it your favorite looks wise or catcha lotsa fish wise??

 

Ill answer this on Sunday .

[Guest rusty]

This is nearly the exact same pattern I use - it is lethal in October in size #16.

[birchy]

What does the pearl flash tail simulate?

[Lawrence]

trailing bubbles

[kungfool]

Looks like a decent pattern, is it your favorite looks wise or catcha lotsa fish wise??

 

Answer: Yeah it caught plenty of fish.

 

What does the pearl flash tail simulate?

 

Answer: Trailing bubbles, pooping lightning... doesn't matter as long as they keep catching these guys as good as there were on Saturday:

 

 

[birchy]

Trailing bubbles, pooping lightning... doesnt matter as long as they keep catching this guys as good as there were on Saturday:

 

haha.. you can call it "The William Wallace".

 

Great fish mang!

[hydropsyche]

Great looking Fly (and fish), Kungfool. I like the lightning idea. I gotta try that.

 

Can you share how you fish this fly? There are a few different ways. I like slow sink line with 1in strips as fast as you can go.

[Guest rusty]

Is that Nakoda? If so those fish are coming along nicely.

[kungfool]

Great looking Fly (and fish), Kungfool. I like the lightning idea. I gotta try that.

 

Can you share how you fish this fly? There are a few different ways. I like slow sink line with 1in strips as fast as you can go.

 

Sure. I was using full floating line with a 12 foot leader and was floating very slowly about 70 feet from shore. I used a single small bb about 2 feet up from the boatman (to keep the fly's pitch level and moving up and down slightly). I cast to the bank and every couple seconds make a 4 or 6 inch strip. Was drawing brutal strikes. I am sure there are hundreds of other effective techniques.. this is just mine.

[kungfool]

Is that Nakoda? If so those fish are coming along nicely.

 

Negative...much much further north.

[Pipes]

Anyone ever use peacock herl for the body?

Kungfool, notice any difference between biot legs and rubber legs for fishing? I always use rubber legs, but just out of habit.

[kungfool]

Anyone ever use peacock herl for the body?

Kungfool, notice any difference between biot legs and rubber legs for fishing? I always use rubber legs, but just out of habit.

 

Ya know I prefer rubber legs as well. They seem to reduce the possibility of the boatman rotating when stripping. I am now tying all my boatman with rubber legs in both black and olive.

[Guest bigbadbrent]

i find peacock herl too brittle, so i use peacock ice dub

[SilverDoctor]

i find peacock herl too brittle, so i use peacock ice dub

 

You can reinforce it by wrapping it around your tying thread before wrapping it on.

[Flytyer]

You can reinforce it by wrapping it around your tying thread before wrapping it on.

 

Another option is to make a herl rope with a fine wire reinforcement.

 

Any one do a neutral buoyancy boatman?

[kungfool]

Another option is to make a herl rope with a fine wire reinforcement.

 

Any one do a neutral buoyancy boatman?

 

sounds very interesting...how would you make it neutral buoyancy?

[admin]

That is a sweet fly. I love fishing Boatmen and backswimmers in the fall. Do you weigth them or fishing them on a sink line at all? I've fished a floating boatman tied with foam on a quick sinking line and it works great.