Little twist on a well known fly!

[Alpabuck]

I fished the LL today and found quite few fish taking midges. I've always had decent luck sight fishing an al's rat when I can keep track of it and I can see the fly, I normally will add a bit of gink to keep it floating or up near the top and once the fly would get too wet I could no longer see it I was screwed. Last night I sat down at the vise and used natural cdc instead of the muskrat and now I got an al's rat that will float like a cork and slams fish.

 

[Fredrick]

Pics ?

 

[Alpabuck]

I left my camera in my truck all day and now it's dead.

I'll do a step by step tomorrow night!

 

[bam]

Throw in some shot and a thingamabobber and it'll make your life much easier

Those tiny flies fished on top or down low have a permenant place on my rigs. If you want to use them as a surface fly and can't keep track, just fish em behind a small high vis parachute.

 

[Alpabuck]

I have fished them with shot and have done quite well. On the Yampa in CO. I fished an al's rat that I tied with red thread instead of the brown and I slammed them. I've tried the parachute as well but have still anyways done better when I can see it!

 

[jayL]

I heard that even if you can't see it, you can't go wrong with setting the hook when GB tells you to. Sounds like it's right up your alley.

 

[Alpabuck]

GB not so much.....JC now thats more like it.

 

[jayL]

He also said that if you're going to rib the pattern, you MUST buy gold wire!!!

 

[bam]

Red, olive, black, brown, ribbed or not, muskrat or hare's dubbing... doesn't matter. They all work, and work well.

 

[Alpabuck]

jayL wrote:
He also said that if you're going to rib the pattern, you MUST buy gold wire!!!

I have to admit that was funny!