Troutnut Forum > Fly Fishing Discussion > cress bug photo
| Goose | December 22nd, 2006, 9:41 am | |
| Posts: 29 | Hi Troutnut! Do you have a photo of a cress bug on a rock or something so I can see what it looks like in a naked-eye sort of way? You have several very close shots, which are neat, but I can't really see what they look like in a stream environment. Thanks Merry Christmas to all! | |
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| Troutnut | December 22nd, 2006, 1:23 pm | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1124 | I don't have any onstream underwater photos of sowbugs/cressbugs yet. I do have one or two of scuds, though. | |
| Jason Neuswanger The Troutnut | ||
| Jlh42581 | January 9th, 2007, 12:34 pm | |
| Milesburg, Pa Posts: 24 | If you want to make an AWSOME cress bug. Get yourself a size 20 tiemco caddis pupa hook and load it with gray dubbing and then trim, do not shell back it or add legs | |
| Jeremy | ||
| Martinlf | January 9th, 2007, 8:25 pm | |
| Palmyra PA Posts: 943 | Amen, though you can also tie them bigger, especially for stained or high water. I like Muskrat fur, and ofen leave it spiky, at least on one side, to suggest legs, unless I do the Ed Shenk thing and spin fur in a dubbing loop and trim to a generally flat shape on the bottom, convex on the top. | |
| Louis Is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? A trout! that is more sharp-sighted than any hawk . . . and more watchful and timorous than your high-mettled merlin is bold! --Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler | ||
| Troutnut | January 9th, 2007, 11:38 pm | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1124 | Yeah, they can be a lot bigger than size 20, probably even up to size 12 in a caddis hook. | |
| Jason Neuswanger The Troutnut | ||
| Jlh42581 | January 11th, 2007, 12:16 pm | |
| Milesburg, Pa Posts: 24 | My most productive is a 20 I carry them 14-26 At 26 they dont look like much but they have saved the day more then once. | |
| Jeremy | ||
| Martinlf | January 11th, 2007, 1:13 pm | |
| Palmyra PA Posts: 943 | Jeremy, how do you trim up your fly? Do you ever pick out the guard hairs and leave it spiky? | |
| Louis Is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? A trout! that is more sharp-sighted than any hawk . . . and more watchful and timorous than your high-mettled merlin is bold! --Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler | ||
| Goose | January 11th, 2007, 1:55 pm | |
| Posts: 29 | Troutnut: I have some digitals of cress bugs if you'd like them. I can send them to you and you can use what you want. They are from Central, PA. Just let me know how I can forward them to you. I suppose Jpegs. are the best way. I could attach them to an email. | |
| Jlh42581 | January 17th, 2007, 5:26 pm | |
| Milesburg, Pa Posts: 24 | I use a very spikey dubbing to begin with. Died hares ear or some other natural. I prefer possum as its REALLY spikey. Sometimes i dont pick it or trim it. just wrap it on. I really found you dont need a shellback and the ones without shellbacking prove better for me. It goes along the lines of somthing i once read. "The best imitation of a fly looks the same from every angle" I pick the sides and trim to get the shape, cut the top and bottom flat. | |
| Jeremy | ||
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