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Rainy Day/ Tying Bombers

BRK TRT

BRK TRT

Small stream, wild trout flyfisher
I had the day off but the rains were to heavy, so I decieded to tie up some Bombers.




Materials, Regal vise
Mustad hooks, #9671
Calftail
Woodchuck
Aust possum dubbing
Brown and Grizzly hackle
Hot orange thread



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Tie in some woodchuck gaurd hairs for the tail


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Wind thread foward to just back of hookeye and tie in some calftail


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After trimming calftail wing wind back to where tail is tied in and tie on the grizzly and brown hackle


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Next dub some Aust possum approx 2 inches and wind back to hook eye



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Wind grizzly hackle to just behind hook eye and tie off then clip
Then do the same with the brown hackle.



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Whip finish and the fly is complete



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I tied several today



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Then there was a roast chicken with the works.



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- Brk Trt
 
I know some beaver ponds in Vermont where those would disappear beneath the surface very quickly. :) Aussie possum is very good dubbing- my favorite. I often use stimulators as an indicator/attractor with a dropper off of them. These would work as well or better, and tie a little quicker. I've been hanging out on boards in the south that are primarily western North Carolina and Eastern Tenn. and the Great Smokies. Many of the friends I've made there and fished with over the years love the southern strain appalachian brookies which they call specs. I've never seen a k in "spec", it may be short for special. They fish all kinds of dry patterns like stimies and para adams. They would love this one. Thanks for sharing your rainy day well spent.
Charlie
 
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Brk Trt: you seem to like the adirondack style flies.

Why is that? Higher visibility? They float better than Catskill style flies?

I tied up some elk hairs today, and plan to use your tutorial here to tie up some of these like you tied here this week.
 
clearstream said:
I see leseur peas... did you brine the chicken ? And I thought the bomber was tied with spun deer hair ?
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This version is designed for trout, the Bomber you speak of is for Atlantic salmon.

The chicken is not brined, just seasoned and slow oven roasted.



- Brk Trt
 
golden beetle said:
Brk Trt: you seem to like the adirondack style flies.

Why is that? Higher visibility? They float better than Catskill style flies?

I tied up some elk hairs today, and plan to use your tutorial here to tie up some of these like you tied here this week.
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The ADK style do float very well with good visability.

They're very buggy looking too.


But the main reason is they do catch fish.



After you tie up some post them, would like to see them.


Thanks,


- Brk Trt
 
Just tied one with dubbing, clipped the hackle on the bottom, comparadun style. These will be killer on the cape salter streams, and easy to tie. You should try brining the chicken !

I'm heading to some kettle ponds on the cape Tuesday, wil post pics if anything interesting happens.
 
BRK TRT Great thread !! Nice of you to give us a glimpse of how you tye these wonderful creations. The Bomber is a fish catching fly for sure and you tye them superbly . And as always the food looks awesome have to get something to eat now it made me hungry just looking at it!!
 
Still learning the art of tying, this post rocks my world. I like the step by step pics and information. Beautiful post and lovely flies!!!

Bravo!!!
 
Cant wait until i learn until i learn how to tie. It looks like so much fun. Thanks great looking flies.
 
Tied four au sable bombers as per brk trt's instructions provided here.

I will fish them tomorrow on a NJ wild trout stream, and report the results Saturday evening.
 
I tied em, and tested em.

These suckas don't catch fish!

I hooked 3, landed 2. Had another 2 rises or so. All on my elk hair caddis - nothing on the bombers!!!
 
Dung beetle,
You have to tie it on to your line for it to work, Dumb Ass !!!:380:
 
Ronbo, I DID tie them to my line, and they don't catch fish.

I field tested em today.

They are an au sable pattern, probably good for pocket water and tying on droppers.

That's my review: they may work in the spring or summer, but late fall they don't catch fish.
 
Ok, so I feel I should elaborate on my review to contribute some knowledge and experience, instead of just giving a thumbs down.

This year, I made a trip to the adirondacks and visited fran betters' shop to look at his patterns first hand. Classic catskill patterns are sparsely hackled, and designed to imitate the hatch precisely.

The cost of catskill style precision is low visibility, for the angler, and poor flotability - at least relative to the adirondack style flies popularized by fran betters.

When I returned to the catskills, in early july, I hooked a monster trout - I would guess 25 inches or so - on an au sable wulff. I loved it - the fly was so durable, visible, and floated so well that I saw the strike, set the hook perfectly, and, well, something went wrong and I lost him. But that was my fault - the fly was a success.

I always try to incorporate new ideas into my pattern. For me, the au sable patterns are designed to be pracical for the angler, something that catskill patterns, for me, always lacked - practicality. Does it float? Can I see it? Those are my questions about any dry fly I cast.

The au sable bomber is highly visible, and floats. In late fall, however, it is a clunker. It imitates nothing, really - it is a stimulator imo. It is meant for pocket water of the kind you find on the au sable - simply unnecessary on a NJ WTS.

I love the ideas that the pattern has suggested to me, and I am currently planning to tie may flies with bushy tails made of calf tail.

The concept of the bomber is similar, imo, to Ed Hewitt's bivisible. The hackle alone attracts the fish, and hackle alone is not great at drawing strikes.

Love the tutorial here and enjoyed tying them. But facts is facts - no late fall fish will strike a fly that does not imitate bugs and floats like a small leaf, twig, or whatever else is falling on the water at this time of year.
 
Hate to be the one to tell you but most dries won't catch fish in November. Most winter fishing is sub-surface except maybe a midge hatch.

The tails are not calftail on these. They are woodchuck. Calftail is the wing.

Also, just because someone is tying them now doesn't always mean they are fishing them now. I tie all winter including dries, ants and beetles.
 
Dude, you really want to open a dialogue with me on flies?

On dry flies???

Today I fished dries all day and was extremely successful. There was a hatch in late afternoon - granted, it was unseasonably warm today. Nearly 60 degrees.

I will work with dries all winter long, and go underwater when necessary. My fly of choice right now is an elk hair caddis. Super effective today. Yep.

Caught a very impressive brown. Yellow tone to its body, big spots. Not many spots, but big spots.
 
Like I said "most" and like you said "unseasonably warm". BWO's work alot too.

Didn't know you were the self proclaimed authority on dry flys.
 
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Ok, let me be straight up wit ya, without tryin to be sarcastic or dismissive. Respect.

Yo, I don't fish BWO's. Not my style. I don't throw 50 foot casts into big water all that often.

I like the au sable patterns a lot. At this time of year, while dries were effective today, I tested the au sable pattern again and it didn't even cause 1 fish to rise to it.

It may work great on pocket water. Or for use with a dropper rig. But it didn't work for me today, nor did it work for me yesterday.

I caught a number of fish on an elk hair caddis on BOTH days.
 
I agree that it's a great dry dropper rig top fly and a a great pocket water fly. All that hackle makes it float like a cork. I've been having luck with midge patterns as well. Size 18-22 blue winged olives.
 
GB, were you hoping that was BRK TRT you were hugging when you were captured for the ages in your trout hugging pic?
 
Well, I'm telling you this because I think I hurt your feelings, and I just wanted to assure you that I was just joking.

Others have endured such treatment, and well, they came out just fine, Tt.

So will you.

You'll be ok.
 
we don't get mad, because you are entertaining and only make an ass of yourself.
 
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