anyone tried a fly like this?

[rudder]

rubber midge?

[Ken Gargett]

» rubber midge?

it acts like a wobbly pink worm and the trout just nailed it.

[El Presidente]

Reading between the lines......the guide refused to waste any good flies.

He would still be telling the story with tears in his eyes ;-)

[Ken Gargett]

» Reading between the lines......the guide refused to waste any good flies.

»

» He would still be telling the story with tears in his eyes ;-)

you remain an idiot. you have absolutely no idea what a guide actually does, do you? embarassing. you really should give me the ability to edit you so you don't make such a dill of yourself.

[Mel]

Ken I can not show you a picture of my most odd fly because it got ate by a fish. Suffice to say is was made with human hair of the female not from the head. I figured that **** lands a lot of big fish.;-)

[smokum]

» Ken I can not show you a picture of my most odd fly because it got ate by a

» fish. Suffice to say is was made with human hair of the female not from the

» head. I figured that **** lands a lot of big fish.;-)

Especially good for Trouser Trout

[Ken Gargett]

»

» Ken,

» Sorry to make this my first post here. I've been stalking the board for

» some time and feel right at home with all the fisherman around here.

» I fish mostly in the salt, but I do remember a pattern like that from my

» freshwater days - we have a very similar fly here in the U.S. called the

» "San Juan Worm". Although it has wide application in about any water

» anywhere in the world, the pattern was developed for the San Juan River in

» the northwest corner of the state of New Mexico.

» Glad to hear the fly treated you well! I'll make an introductory post

» here soon. In the meantime, I just wanted to answer your question.

» Cheers!

jakester, sent a photo of it to an aussie mate in new zealand (he moved there for the fishing - shows how keen he is). he came straight back and called it the same thing - a san juan worm.

[Ken Gargett]

on the last trip to new zealand, it was really tough fishing. the guide, not the bloke i normally use, finally suggested i try the hail mary fly.

this is it.

nothing more than an inch or so (next to a partagas lusi for size comparison and yes rob, i promise to review it tonight) of pink rubber band tied to the tiny hook.

and sure enough, two fish in no time (my guide did point out how much moe chance one has if the fishing is tough if you get the first cast right - i pointed out that to be honest, the first cast got stuck in a tree but as this was nowhere near the river, we both agreed do-overs and it didn't count.

[Jakester]

» on the last trip to new zealand, it was really tough fishing. the guide,

» not the bloke i normally use, finally suggested i try the hail mary fly.

» this is it.

» nothing more than an inch or so (next to a partagas lusi for size

» comparison and yes rob, i promise to review it tonight) of pink rubber

» band tied to the tiny hook.

» and sure enough, two fish in no time (my guide did point out how much moe

» chance one has if the fishing is tough if you get the first cast right - i

» pointed out that to be honest, the first cast got stuck in a tree but as

» this was nowhere near the river, we both agreed do-overs and it didn't

» count.

»

»

»

»

Ken,

Sorry to make this my first post here. I've been stalking the board for some time and feel right at home with all the fisherman around here.

I fish mostly in the salt, but I do remember a pattern like that from my freshwater days - we have a very similar fly here in the U.S. called the "San Juan Worm". Although it has wide application in about any water anywhere in the world, the pattern was developed for the San Juan River in the northwest corner of the state of New Mexico.

Glad to hear the fly treated you well! I'll make an introductory post here soon. In the meantime, I just wanted to answer your question.

Cheers!

[Miami101]

I use this type of Fly when I go after Carp...they get very large down here.....

These is a shot from another fishing guy I know: