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A "generic" synthetic spinner. 2488 hook size 20.
My current favorite synthetic wing material - EP Fibers
My current favorite synthetic wing material - EP Fibers
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A fly for really flat water. The "McFly Foam" wing is almost transluscent when wet. Difficult to see on broken water. It does't float well after a dunking unless it is dried on a bandana, paper towel, your shirt, spare toilet paper or whatever you have handy. But it is worth the effort on those really picky ones...
2488 hook size 22.
2488 hook size 22.
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CDC wing floats like a cork. 2488 hook, size 20. A great fly in a riffle, or the head of a pool. Shawn will love the fact that there is no synthetic material in this fly.
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Sunken spinner. The abdomen is UTC wire, and the wings are Krystal Flash. 2488 size 24.
Shawn will hate the fact that there are no natural materials in this fly.
Shawn will hate the fact that there are no natural materials in this fly.
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Reverse Hacklestacker. Since I taught Lastchance how to tie this, I no longer have an advantage!
2488 size 22. Whiting size 20 grizzly hackle.
My best all around trico pattern. Works during the entire hatch. Often I'll have a male on the 3 weight (size 22 2488) and a female size 20 2488 on the bamboo 4 weight
2488 size 22. Whiting size 20 grizzly hackle.
My best all around trico pattern. Works during the entire hatch. Often I'll have a male on the 3 weight (size 22 2488) and a female size 20 2488 on the bamboo 4 weight
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I can't take credit for this one. Louis tied this, and I stole it from his box. An upside down "compara-hackle" trico dun/spinner. I believe this is tied on the Varivas 2300 hook. I hope that he comments on the materials used. I stole two of them, and the other is in the jaw of a fat 16" brown. Very delicate and a great fly on really pressured fish.
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Traffic-Jam Cluster fly. Tied on a # 16 standard dry fly hook. White mini "Ultra Chenille" and size 14 Whiting grizzly hackle.
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Our favorite secret trico water. Lastchance has caught and released that thousand pounder in the foreground on the left twice! He even tagged her ear after the first release.
In this photo, he is stalking the bank feeder on the right.
In this photo, he is stalking the bank feeder on the right.
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Is there anything better than tricos, 7x, bamboo and wild browns? Add Bruce, Goose, Lastchance, Feathers5 into the mix, and it's always a great time!
| Feathers5 | March 8th, 2013, 8:07 am | |
| Posts: 287 | Reverse style tying will neutralize water turbidity and laminar flow rate. The equation is: water current = mass flow laminar turbidity = density of mass therefore: meniscus (surface tension) divided by benthic thrust = degree of fly angle or; reverse style fly. This method allows the reverse style fly to maintain strike zone posture for longer periods. Bruce, Lastchance, Goose, etc. etc. | |
| Wbranch | March 8th, 2013, 10:31 am | |
 Posts: 2733 | "Reverse style tying will neutralize water turbidity and laminar flow rate. The equation is: water current = mass flow laminar turbidity = density of mass therefore: meniscus (surface tension) divided by benthic thrust = degree of fly angle or; reverse style fly. This method allows the reverse style fly to maintain strike zone posture for longer periods." Now that's want I wanted to hear! Solid scientific evidence about why I should start tying reverse style Tricos. I think I'll put all my traditionally tied dry flies up for sale and re-tie all my flies in reverse. Thank you for this illuminating post! | |
| Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years. | ||
| Sayfu | March 8th, 2013, 10:58 am | |
| Posts: 560 | Holy laminar turbidity batman! We are out here in the wild competing with these kinda thinkers?! Let's take up basket weaving. | |
| Entoman | March 8th, 2013, 3:28 pm | |
 Posts: 2604 | Competent basket weaving requires a substantial understanding of and eye for complex geometric principles.:) | |
| "It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman | ||
| Crepuscular | March 8th, 2013, 3:33 pm | |
 Posts: 923 | Competent basket weaving requires a substantial understanding of and eye for complex geometric principles.:) And "benthic thrust" | |
| Entoman | March 8th, 2013, 3:43 pm | |
Posts: 2604 | Yes, A lot of the content in this thread could be described as the result of "benthic thrust." LOL | |
| "It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman | ||
| Wbranch | March 8th, 2013, 3:59 pm | |
Posts: 2733 | "And "benthic thrust" Is that at all akin to pelvic thrust? | |
| Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years. | ||
| Entoman | March 8th, 2013, 4:08 pm | |
Posts: 2604 | Well, benthic does mean "bottom" so I had in mind the buttocks' role in the biological digestive process. Otherwise known as BBDP or by its abbreviated acronym BS. | |
| "It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman | ||
| Wbranch | March 8th, 2013, 5:07 pm | |
Posts: 2733 | Well all I know is that tomorrow around 9:30 a.m. I'll be stepping into a cold runnng trout stream and flipping out a few feathered morsels to tempt the trout. We have all been landlocked way too long and it's about time to get into those waders again. | |
| Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years. | ||
| Entoman | March 8th, 2013, 7:10 pm | |
Posts: 2604 | Great plan, Matt. Let us know how you do. | |
| "It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman | ||
| Feathers5 | March 11th, 2013, 9:24 am | |
| Posts: 287 | Although I found very few risers on Saturday my practice of "Benthic Thrust" played a key role on one I snagged on a dry fly. Keeping in mind that benthic thrust will neutralize the laminar flow flate, I made a thrust at the 2 PM position, thus fooling a nice brown on my first attempt. A key member of this site witnessed the biological fishing gem. Bruce | |
| Crepuscular | March 11th, 2013, 9:50 am | |
Posts: 923 | I may not be that key member, but I was a witness and I must admit that it was the perfect execution of Benthic Thrust! It would give it a perfect 10 out of 10. That fish never had a chance...but I think that it may have had low self esteem. | |
| Oldredbarn | March 11th, 2013, 10:17 am | |
 Posts: 2608 | Well all I know is that tomorrow around 9:30 a.m. I'll be stepping into a cold runnng trout stream and flipping out a few feathered morsels to tempt the trout. We have all been landlocked way too long and it's about time to get into those waders again. Amen Matt!!! Lets get this party started... Spence | |
| "Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively "Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood | ||
| Martinlf | August 12th, 2013, 8:51 pm | |
 Moderator Palmyra PAPosts: 3228 | Some trico patterns here. Start on page 1. Some good great silly fun on the last page. | |
| "He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell | ||
| Martinlf | July 31st, 2020, 10:17 am | |
Moderator Palmyra PAPosts: 3228 | OK, Mike here is the thread with the photos. My upside down spinner, posted by Tony, is also based on Al's Trico, and I pull it out for really picky fish. Sometimes I tie it reverse style and leave off the tails One of these got me a very picky fish in a stretch that is pounded almost daily a few weeks back. | |
| "He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell | ||
| Partsman | August 5th, 2020, 2:50 pm | |
 Posts: 420 | Wonderful! Love the banter also. I have tied up a few of Al's trico and Im heading up in the very pre-dawn, I think I like this fishing more than the rest, and yes I would love to have bamboo rod for this, maybe next year? We shall see. Thanks again, I had some good chuckles with this! Mike. | |
| Martinlf | September 11th, 2021, 7:13 pm | |
Moderator Palmyra PAPosts: 3228 | One of the Trico threads. | |
| "He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell | ||
| Wiflyfisher | September 12th, 2021, 12:42 pm | |
| Wisconsin Posts: 659 | Louis, thank you for reposting this Trico thread. Here is an additional photo to support some of the Trico insights you and others made in this thread.  BTW, every shop I stopped at while out West had only black-bodied Tricos in their fly bins. | |
| John S. https://WiFlyFisher.com | ||
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