08-30-2013, 01:21 PM
"I never thought of buggers being bait fish and therefore no eyes."
[#0000FF]A lot of things fish eat do not have highly visible eyes. But it has been suggested...and proven...that putting eyes on flies and lures can help produce a "reaction bite". Fish don't overly analyze things and don't remember or reason out that a leech don't gots eyes. But they often see them better and hit them harder if they do.
When I lived in Sacramento I knew a dedicated big trout fly flinger who probably caught more browns over 5# every year...from hard-fished waters...than all the rest of the local anglers combined. He claimed his "secret" was adding eyes to all of the big streamers he used. His reasoning was that if a big black fly was floating by it could be seen as just another stick or bit of weed by a wily old trout. But if it had eyes it had a better chance of eliciting an investigatory munch. And that's all you need.
Nice egg-sucking leech pic. I have tried some of the other colors but still prefer to paint them. The ones with glitter built in have a lower melting point and are almost too runny to work with. Better to use one that goes on easily but flows slowly so that you can both get a good round bead and a quick set-up time.
As with all GREAT ideas, this is not for everybody. We all tend to settle into our own preferred styles of fishing and our favorite flies and lures. As long as they get the job done that's all that matters.
All that being said, I would be happy to provide a few painted heads for you to tie some of your own patterns if you wanna.
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[#0000FF]A lot of things fish eat do not have highly visible eyes. But it has been suggested...and proven...that putting eyes on flies and lures can help produce a "reaction bite". Fish don't overly analyze things and don't remember or reason out that a leech don't gots eyes. But they often see them better and hit them harder if they do.
When I lived in Sacramento I knew a dedicated big trout fly flinger who probably caught more browns over 5# every year...from hard-fished waters...than all the rest of the local anglers combined. He claimed his "secret" was adding eyes to all of the big streamers he used. His reasoning was that if a big black fly was floating by it could be seen as just another stick or bit of weed by a wily old trout. But if it had eyes it had a better chance of eliciting an investigatory munch. And that's all you need.
Nice egg-sucking leech pic. I have tried some of the other colors but still prefer to paint them. The ones with glitter built in have a lower melting point and are almost too runny to work with. Better to use one that goes on easily but flows slowly so that you can both get a good round bead and a quick set-up time.
As with all GREAT ideas, this is not for everybody. We all tend to settle into our own preferred styles of fishing and our favorite flies and lures. As long as they get the job done that's all that matters.
All that being said, I would be happy to provide a few painted heads for you to tie some of your own patterns if you wanna.
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