07-16-2007, 03:25 PM
Thanks all. Saber, waiting to get you on some of these waters!
You can see the fly in the bottom picture. It is a TADPOLE (or Gartside Gurgler).
Tied on a #12 scud hook. Marabou tail (or bunny, I like bunny cause thay can't shred it as bad as Marabou)
Two color of Tadpoles worked. Mojo was using a PURPLE (purple tail, foam back and sparkle purple chenile) one Sat. I used the Orange (orange tail, and foam back with a red chenile body).
However, the trick I found, I do the "Y" connection (take a 6' piece of 4lb or 6lb Flourocarbon, fold it in half with one side being about 20" longer tghan the other. Put a loop in it and attach it right to my fly line - in this case a Type II). Long side was the Tadpole, short side I had a tungsten bead YELLOW "Hasbro" (a marabou nymph).
I tried other nymphs that were not weighted and did not have the hits, so I think the Yellow Hasbro not only helped put it in the ZONE, but I caught several off the HASBRO so Yellow.
I took my pontoon with sonar up to Mirror a few years ago and if I remember right, the WEST side of the lake is around 48' deep, so by going deep, fast you get into the bigger fish.
I did catch the majority of mine on the EAST side Sunday and water temp was 64 degrees. But I was deep which would explain the larger fish.
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You can see the fly in the bottom picture. It is a TADPOLE (or Gartside Gurgler).
Tied on a #12 scud hook. Marabou tail (or bunny, I like bunny cause thay can't shred it as bad as Marabou)
Two color of Tadpoles worked. Mojo was using a PURPLE (purple tail, foam back and sparkle purple chenile) one Sat. I used the Orange (orange tail, and foam back with a red chenile body).
However, the trick I found, I do the "Y" connection (take a 6' piece of 4lb or 6lb Flourocarbon, fold it in half with one side being about 20" longer tghan the other. Put a loop in it and attach it right to my fly line - in this case a Type II). Long side was the Tadpole, short side I had a tungsten bead YELLOW "Hasbro" (a marabou nymph).
I tried other nymphs that were not weighted and did not have the hits, so I think the Yellow Hasbro not only helped put it in the ZONE, but I caught several off the HASBRO so Yellow.
I took my pontoon with sonar up to Mirror a few years ago and if I remember right, the WEST side of the lake is around 48' deep, so by going deep, fast you get into the bigger fish.
I did catch the majority of mine on the EAST side Sunday and water temp was 64 degrees. But I was deep which would explain the larger fish.
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