Crackleback fishin
Went to Winkley on Friday, the 15th. Started out catching fish on an xtra crispy with a sjw below it. Fish really started hitting the indicator, so i took the hint and fished a #12 orange crackleback....
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No. these days the crackleback works on the Lil Red in a variety of colors. I use size 12 long shank light guage hooks.. grizzly, brown, dun hackle.. i can't remember off the top of my head what the...
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I was dead drifting them most of the time, but I got quite a few fish right after I moved the fly a few inches in the middle of the drift. I also caught one fish by letting the fly swing and just hang...
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oh.. severl things here... 1. You definitely want it to sink into the film when you start stripping it back. So, foam is a bad idea. a heavier streamer hook can help sink it too. 2. you definitely...
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After reading this thread, I tied up some, using sparkle braid on #14 3x long streamer hooks. Some observations....the ones on which I managed to get the hackle correctly (facing forward, not back)...
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I've got a good pic if someone can explain how to post it. thanx, richc@suddenlink .net
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richc wrote: I've got a good pic if someone can explain how to post it. thanx, richc@suddenlink .net Rich....If you picture is hosted on Shutterfly or one of the other picture hosting sites you can...
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Sparkle braid e? This holographic material that I use - I got the recipe from the guys on Taney - is flat. its a wid, flat flash material. I never thought about the direction of the hackle making a...
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Tied up a couple of crackles and am very pleased on how they turned out. On the first one I just used some UTC burnt orange thread for the body, brown hackle and some peacock herl on a size 12 dry fly...
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Nice picture! Almost looks like one of Han's. By the way welcome to the Forum Rich!!!
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Somehow my post disappeared... weird. The body material I use on my cracklebacks is simple large Holo tinsel. Very easy to tie and works amazing. Green, pearl, silver. B
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FlyFishAR wrote: Nice picture! Almost looks like one of Han's. By the way welcome to the Forum Rich!!! Almost looks like? It is one of Han's. http://www.danica.com/flytier/bhaugh/crackleback.htm
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Of course, the crackleback pictured is one of Hans' shots. Not only do my cracklebacks compare poorly to that one, so does my photography! Sorry I didn't think to include the attribution. I keep many...
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Rich: No worries at all. It just looked similar. I use Han's site as a reference all the time. Pretty much all the flies he posts are of the highest quality.
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Crackleback was originated by Ed Story of Feather-craft. Easy to tie. Great fly under a hopper on Little Red. Rev
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Who sadly died earlier this month. Seemed like a great guy I'm sure he will be missed. Read more here.http://www.feather-craft.com/
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Here is a picture of one of the cracklebacks I tied. (Still trying to practice my very very close shots without shaking!) I think I will start shipping my flies to Hanz so he can take pictures of them...
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D, I've found that more sparse hackle actually works better. You also might try that Holo Tinsel for the body. Its a killer fly. Yours looks great tho and will probably catch just fine. The one I tie...
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