kungfool Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedy1 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Looks like a decent pattern, is it your favorite looks wise or catcha lotsa fish wise?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfool Posted September 8, 2007 Author Share Posted September 8, 2007 Looks like a decent pattern, is it your favorite looks wise or catcha lotsa fish wise?? Ill answer this on Sunday . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rusty Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 This is nearly the exact same pattern I use - it is lethal in October in size #16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchy Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 What does the pearl flash tail simulate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 trailing bubbles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfool Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchy Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydropsyche Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rusty Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Is that Nakoda? If so those fish are coming along nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfool Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfool Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 Is that Nakoda? If so those fish are coming along nicely. Negative...much much further north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipes Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfool Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 i find peacock herl too brittle, so i use peacock ice dub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flytyer Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfool Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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