This is the ingredient list for the "Orange Head Wet Fly"
Curved caddis hooks, antron yarn, rust orange Aussie Possun, and fire orange thread.
Streamers 365 has a wonderful calendar. It has beautiful photos of some of the featured streamer flies of Streamers 365.
Darren has also published the first volume of "Streamers 365".This is a book of streamers, there origins, recipes, and stories of what inspired the tyer to create these beautiful long flies. These can be purchased at the "Streamers 365" site.
Well worth it.
Gonna have to get the book & calendar. Very Nice!
ReplyDeleteTied up a few of those Orange Head Wets already, they look great my friend! I think they will work great this winter on the small streams I will be fishing. I tied up some variations that I'll put up on my blog. Now that my work is over for the season, I'll be tying, fishing & blogging more. Which is nice.
See you and the crew on New Years Day!
A.T.
Apache Trout,
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So far they have worked pretty good. I'll be looking forward to it, hope the weather will be nice.
Alan
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I seldom ever used streamers, until I started reading some of your post about this colorful fly. Starting this year, the streamer will be one of my go to flies when I fish the lower tailrace where the bigger rainbow hangs out. They ambush their prey by jetting out from under the moss pads along the edge, where the water temps hover around 58 to 60 degrees. Our local fly shop owner says he has landed rainbow in this area that will reach the 20" mark. His number one fly is the streamer. He told me this the other day when I was visiting the fly shop; and in the same breath he said this is just between you and I-----------SURE!!! I know one has to have some patience when fishing this area because the water in deep and any unnatural movement can cause the trout to spook, but I will up for the challenge. Thanks for sharing some great patterns
Bill Trussell,
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The streamer has its place in the fly box. If you are targeting rainbows and want a couple of good patterns that will produce trout. I suggest Wooly Buggers tied in various sizes and colors. And the Black Ghost both feather wing and marabou.
I may have to try out a variation of that Orange Head Wet with the materials I have on hand. I'll definitely be checking out the Streamer 365 site!
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It's a simple pattern that seems to be working.
If you like streamers then that's a site to view.
Beautiful streamers!
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Do you fish streamers in your country?
Brk trt,
ReplyDeletethanks for the Orange head fly recipe!
I think I might whip some up sunday if the weather isn't very good.
DRYFLYGUY,
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Phil I know they will work in those Berkshire free stone streams.
Funny that I just tied a fly very similar to this. I felt I wanted an orange fly. I like yours better, but it will be an easy fix. Thank you Alan.
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Any thing to make life, and fly fishing simpler.
The orange head wet fly says "adirondacks" to me.....I like it! Thanks for the heads up on the streamer 365 book too.
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Your right on that color being "ADKs". The steel wool looking orange Aussie Possum came from Betters shop in Wilmington.
My kind of fly. Simple to tie, with no complex materials or steps, and, as you have proven, very effective. Colorado streams are going to see some Orange Heads this next season.
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It should work for you. I'd love to hear of your angling out there.