When we talk about usually flies must refer to its historical development, and start back by Dame Juliana Berners
in its "Treatyse Fysshynge with an Angle," published in England in 1496, describes 12 flies that imitate natural insects to fish for trout and salmon. In 1967 WH Lawrie in English Trout Flies "analyzes and identifies some of the flies described by Berners, they are: March Brown, Olive Dun, Great Red Spinner, May Fly, Sedge, Alderfly and Grannom. Lawrie is well defined with three styles, and body Hackle: Soft Hackle, tails, wings and body Hackle: Wingless Wets, some tails, bodies, wings and primary Hackle: Winged Wets, a traditional way of stifling those tied today day.
Preben Torp Jacobsen, excellent atador Danish interprets the Manuscript of Astorga Juan de Vergara published in 1624. The report describes 30 to fish flies that imitate the Matching the Hatch, also referred to different forms of approach (approach). Twenty flies Vergara have the following characteristics: no queues, good body yarn edged and conical in anterior third, Hackler little bear.
Charles Cotton, published in 1676 a chapter titled "Being Instructions how to angle for a Trout and Grayling in a Clear Stream" in the sixth edition of the book written in 1653 by Izzak Walton, The Compleat Angler. " Cotton makes a categorical research paper describing sixty-five flies imitating terrestrial and aquatic insects along a fishing year, which should be adapted to each cararterística River area. Used the technique over and down the river ", referring to a system he calls fishing" Dropper "it is extremely effective.
Alfred Ronalds published in 1836 "Fly-Fishers Entomology", in this book makes fly drawings (in color) that mimic insects and explains how to fish; entomological work was meticulous and sophisticated techniques for explaining binding, description of materials and techniques fishing. Describe winged adult insects (winged stages) of Mayflies, Stoneflies, Caddis, Midge, Alders, Ants and Beetles.
Imitations are divided into two categories: Buzz Hackle Flies with built in Palmer, and constructed with Hackle Flies Winged collars, rigid wings and throats.
Ronalds was an important researcher and observer, commenting on technical approach (approach) and different forms of presentation, in the techniques of fishing caste recommends downstream and across the stream using slow drifts.
WC Steward, a lawyer ESCOs, describes in his book "The Practical Angler" how to fish Riffle, fast runs and pools brief in the small rivers of Scotland. Steward made in its three incapié Spiders referring to the insects he found in the rivers: The Black Spider, laced with a pen Starling (Mackerel) on a base of brown dubbing, The Red Spider, a pen Landrail (redfish) on a base of yellow dubbing and The Dun Spider, a pen Dotterel (Plover Cabezón) on a base of yellow and gray dubbing. Steward flies up with his body, and a Soft Hackle sparse well placed in the anterior third of the hook.
Meanwhile in America, James Leisenring and Pete Hidy published "The Art of Tying The Wet Fly," which called the Spiders Flymphs now know as "Soft Hackle." Later published in 1975 Sylvester Nemes The Soft-Hackle Fly "in 1981" The Soft Hackle Fly Addict "and then in 1991" The Soft Hackle Fly Imitations. "
The Wet developed on both sides of the Atlantic and have a great variety of British and American patterns. It is likely that the origin of flies drowned classic, beautiful and very effective Wet obeyeth attempts by fishermen to imitate adult forms of Caddisflies and Mayflies. Surely what we lacked was as "dry flies ¨, they noticed that the trout were taking bugs floating natural, and obviously wanted to imitate it. The flies were sunk, that the concerns, but found that fishing anyway, encouraging to continue experimenting with them.
The first flies were tied on hooks made of bent needles and intemperate with deburring. By 1700, the tune had a hook on the tip-like blind eye to current-Partridge where craftsmen ensured tippet of the gut. This system continued to be used until some thirty or forty years, concurrent with that of flies tied using hooks with eye, which became popular in the late nineteenth century. The gradual emergence of other types of flies, particularly the more sophisticated models of nymphs were relegated to the flies that caused our sport, and drop the glass and the overflow was practically falling into oblivion was tied fly commercial .
Many fishermen believe that the classics are not drowned flies effective, based his argument by saying that a nymph with wings and no sense that only when the trout fishing accept anything.
Despite this, all that we know its benefits. So why fishing a nymph with wings?
It is traditionally accepted that the trance in Wet imitate nymphs become adults. However, if we make an analysis a little deeper, and relate the form and triggers that can fire a wet, certain behaviors of various groups entomological might surprise us. Understand, then they are taken out because they simulate some of the following situations:
In the case of Soft Hacker must add: pupas up in phases II and III, shrimps (camaroncitos), Diptera, Hemiptera, and so on. These concepts are valid for drowning classic Impressionist, which despite having names that suggest an intention imitator, as the Blue Dun, March Brown, Dark and Light Cahill, etc, do not imitate anything in particular.
Another category of drowning classic: the attractors, known as "Fancies." Are inadequate, that is a few models of showy colors, with wings "married" at times, clear derivations of the Atlantic Salmon flies like Silver Doctor, Parmachene Belle, Trout Fin, among others.
Being able to fly as many triggers to shoot, so effective, why is so little used? Trade supplier of fly fishing to promote the need for diversity of patterns and permanently discredits those type of multipurpose, there are many more flies, the better for them, since they can sell more. Then, it is a purely commercial reasons which led us to forget the wet. Using them could greatly limit the range of our fly boxes. Luckily they are enjoying a resurgence of classic series like flies at the same time have increased the interest for fishing.
MATERIALS
Without doubt the most used is the dubbing and for this purpose are used Hare `s Ear Mask (mask and ear of the hare), the Opossum (weasels), muskrat (muskrat), Reddish Brown Australian Opossum (colorada weasel), Squirrel -- red and gray (gray and red squirrel), Seal (Seal), and its natural and synthetic substitutes (Angora Goat, African Goat, Seal-Ex, SLF, etc.).
Some authors such as James Leisenring recommend wool Persian carpet, which is of Karakul sheep, fiber shiny, translucent, high denier.
The specialists of these flies craftsmen used to work with a technique that we have forgotten, in our mistaken zeal of wanting to maintain the aesthetics of our flies: dubbing bodies were leaving the thread forward, such as Iron Blue Wingless with muskrat dubbing on the thread of red, with dubbing very "sparse" in the later half of the body that lets you see the red thread and gives a very natural effect.
Other materials used are peacock Herles, especially the tan is achieved by leaving the fiber in the sun for a few weeks; fiber wing peacock (peacock wing), Condor Quill, raven (fibers black raven's wing), Quill peeling peacock, raffia, and of course floss. The bodies of the Wet ribbings often lead to flat or oval Tinsel, and various wires.
HOOKS
Mustad 3906, 3116, 5621.
Tiemco 3769.
Partridge SH2, LA2, G3A, J1A.
Daichi 1550.
(The Tiemco 3769 and Partridge J1A and G3A are excellent).
HACKL
To fly attractive necklaces should be fast and hard water to soft water to slow. This is accomplished with Hackler from roosters, hens and chickens which allows use of a different feather stiff fibers.
ALAS
The most used are the Flying Quill Segments (sections of wing feathers). These feathers are obtained from the following species:
_Pato White households.
Mallard _Pato: lead their primaries are gray, secondary, black with white tip.
_Ganso Gray, roosters and hens, turkey tail and wings mottled collared female pheasant, peacock (wing Quills) and Goose calls Shoulders, feathers that are the "shoulder" of geese dyed different colors to "marry" fibers each other.
Also frequently used sections of wings made with feathers from ducks flank as woodduck, Mallard, Mallard bronze, teal, paintail, etc..
Finally, a few patterns have wing tips Hackle Grizzly King and the other lacking them (Soft Hackle Flies).
The wing feathers are segments can have different forms: Downswept (with the tips down); Upswept (with the tips facing up); Splayed, the Downswept but with the wings separated from the open Dee Strip Wing Salmon Flies. This is just a matter of style and does not affect the operation of most flies.
Wingless WET: FLYMPHS
The flymphs is constructed with a body and a dubbing Hackle in the anterior third. The dubbing is very important, but what is even more Hackle, is responsible for the action to give this style of fly. Flymphs because the fish mimic different behaviors Efemerópteros, Trichoptera, etc., but the reason is that between the body and dubbing Hackle are trapped air bubbles. Accordingly mimic very well the Caddis pupae, they can ascend to the surface to generate bubbles within the cuticle, this buildup of gases gives them buoyancy, and the insect begins its journey up into the water with the help of strong movements of their feet.
The bodies are made of opossum dubbing, reddish brown Australian opossum, muskrat, squirrel, hare `s ear mask; synthetic Angora Goat, SLF, and so on. Some authors, such as Dave Hughes, the proposed use of Hareline Dubbin is composed of natural rabbit fur, and Antrona flashabou, in different dyed.
In the case of ribbings used tinsels oval and flat, silver and gold, or they can be made with copper wire.
Hackler used for hens, roosters and chickens or pheasants (Golden Pheasant, Silver Pheasant, Lady Amherst Pheasant).
Nymphs ALL FUZZY AND FUR Wets
The nymphs are an important part in the use of modern fishing under the surface. We know that a traditional wet, a flymph and a Soft Hackle mimic the rise of a Caddis pupa, re-emerging Caddis adults sppiners of mayflies, newly hatched DUNS plunged by the turbulence of a Riffle, etc., but can not imitate a drift of a nymph of a mayfly or stonefly, or larvae of Caddis, here is where the All Fur Fuzzy Nymphs and Wets.
These nymphs are Impressionists, ie "suggest an intention imitators."
Polly Rosborough is the creator of the Fuzzy Nymphs, nymphs are suggestive of life forms (look alive). Rosborough published in 1965 "Fuzzy Nymphs Tying and Fishing", this work is considered by revealing the deep research that the author makes regarding the behavior of different insects in their larval and nymphal states.
The author proposes the "Under the Hatch," that is below the fish hatch, because it believes that there is greater during a hatch of fish, including larger-feeding below the surface than they do about the same trapping adult insects. Build a series of nymphs that imitate various suggestive statements nymphal and larval stages of Mayflies, Caddisflies, Stoneflies, etc. They are: muskrat Nymph, Near Enough, Little Brown Little Yellow Stone and Stone. They are constructed with natural bodies of dubbings compact and rough, herls different heads, tails and sexlady Mallard or woodduck.
The intention of the proposed Fur All Wets (skin). The characteristic of these nymphs is that both the body and the hair Hackle is, they are: Gold Ribbed Hare `s Ear, Red Fox Squirrel, Casual Dress and Caddis Larva.
HOOKS
Mustad 3906B
Tiemco 3761
Stronghold SH2 Partridge Nymph Hook
Orvis 1641
Daiichi 1560.
* Dubbings equal to the previous ones.
Soft Hackle
The Soft Hackle born in northern England, near the border with Scotland, the Cheviot region around the years 1830 to 1870, this mountainous region is characterized by rivers that descend to either side of the hill towns of trout native brown. The villagers built their fly fishers with limited materials: feathers and skins of animals they hunted, threads of silk that women employed in sewing work. These flies were rustic, simple and very effective. The binding as follows: silk for soft body and a boom rolled along as Hackle.
At the same time in southern England in the rivers of the plains' chalk streams' fishermen used to fish dry flies, knew nothing about these simple wet flies using its congeners north end of the year 1800 are beginning to use in the south called "spiders" (spider) in the absence of wings.
Only in the twentieth century, James Leisenring and Pete Hidy in his book "The Art of Tyng the Wet Fly and Fishing the Flymph" described under the name Flymphs with some modifications. The manager now use these flies is Sylvester Nemes, who in 1975 published "The Soft Hackle Fly."
The Soft Hackle presented a great difference in form with respect to classical drowned and this factor makes them more effective because they lack wings. This concept is not that a wet well to imitate a leading emerging mayfly wings because they are not developed. True emerging Caddis pupae stage II (when the amount of surface-assisted gas accumulated inside the cuticle and legs to use as paddles) and phase III (andalusia lead in the film of water trying to dry their wings to change the mute).
These states have provided primitive wings to the sides of the body. Its efficiency is directly related to their structure: Conical bodies, a very soft Hackle moving in a natural and attractive to the pressure of the water column, simulating satisfactorily wings, legs, antennae, wing outlines emergency is in the process of transformation , wings of Duns, Caddis and spinners of adults. A Soft Hackle Trout sees and interprets what she wants to do that is to feed the trout react differently to different stimuli (outside their window of vision), flashes of the sides of forage fish, the reflexes gas bubbles in the body of the Caddis pupae, shapes and movements. When the trout sees any of these situations instinctively translates as food and therefore strongly attacked.
FEATURES
The structure of these flies is very simple conical floss bodies and dubbing in some cases, anti-ribbing of thin oval Tinsel or fine wire, a small chest with a ball made of dubbing, which is to keep the fibers Hackle more or less separated from the body to have better movement in the water, and a necklace of little Hackle fitted, very soft and possibly fiber taper to gradually bending to the water pressure (the higher water pressure increased flexion).
HACKL
Best Hackler for the construction of this style of fly is the "Bird Hackle" (Bird Feathers). The quality of these pens is that they have a fiber taper important, ie the difference in diameter between the base and the tip is large which allows for "flexibility progressive." This does not happen with one of the materials commonly used: "the feathers of hens," although used are not optimal. In the first publications atadores England highlighted the importance of bi Hackler, especially the tip has the same color, to simulate wings and legs at a time.
For Hackle feathers are used Coot (Gallareta), French Partridge (French partridge), Golden Plover and Dotterel (plovers), Grouse (redfish), Snipe (becasina), Starling (starling), Hungarian Partridge (Hungarian partridge), Inanbúes (our partridge), quails (quail), the neck feathers of the dove Turkish excellent, shimmering metallic dyes.
Regarding the size of Hackler is accepted that only have to overcome the back edge of the hook, it should be "sparse" (just fitted) not more than two rounds, three if one peels off the pen. Sylvester Nemes recommended in its publications construct two different ways: with a ball of dubbing in the thorax to imitate Caddis, and without it to imitate mayflies. Some older models were built with different heads herls precisely to imitate Caddis pupae that have large heads, also resembles herls trapped air bubbles. These flies are suggesting different ways of life because it is not necessary to have a variety of models; atándolas in sizes 10, 14 and 16, with dubbing brown, gray and olive green, black floss, orange, green and yellow.
The author in "The Soft Hackle Fly Imitations" presents some patterns for fish in the film of water (surface film), as is emerging, and these patterns are absolutely transgressors, always bearing in mind that when talking about us talking about Soft Hackle drowned fly. The fisheries and compares them with patterns that have traditionally used and that in many cases where the trout are feeding selectively are much more effective.
HOOKS
Mustad 3906, 5621.
Tiemco 3769
Partridge SH2, L2A, G3A and J1A.
Daiichi 1550.
In the case of wanting to build to be used as a Soft Hackle emerging and dry flies use the following hooks:
Mustad 94840.
Tiemco 100, 102Y (Matching the Hatch), 5210.
Partridge Captain Hamilton Dry Fly.
Daiichi 1170.
TEAMS
The team recommended to be lighter, the same as fishing with nymphs and small and medium-dry: 2 to 5, depending on where catch. Ideally, a floating line with a long leader from 9 to 12 feet in a finished size of tippet line andalusia flies.
FISHING TECHNIQUES
As for the techniques to use is important to note that many have described, with different variations but I will only describe those that I have proved effective, which are precisely those that cover all the behaviors we seek to imitate entomological.
1) dead drift (drift dead) is to cast upstream and gradually correct the line upstream mends to avoid using the drag, thus achieving a natural drift to simulate accurately the behavior of a dun submerged by the turbulence of a Riffle May spinner or a fly to drift near the bottom (unusual situation), or a pupa phase III (when resulting in a short time waiting for the film of water to dry the back of the bag and then pupal hatch). For this technique are of great aid strike indicators (indicators of pique, especially drag indicator) and hinder the leader.
2) Slightly downstream and across, perhaps the most traditional way to sin Wets. We must do a throw down the river and crossing the stream. The flow forms a drag on the line behind the fly down the river, we stopped and drifted in this way is the swing of the fly by turning it into a semicircle to be hung. Throughout this movement is good to provide them pulled through the short end of the rod to achieve greater effectiveness. Usually trout taken during the swing, or when the fly is hanging.
3) Downstream and through: Cast across and downstream, leaving the lead to fly drag, then becomes the swing until the fly is downstream from the angler. The fly ends to derive and crashes, so why let the current do the climb and descend. The result can be taken both in the swing, when the fly is hung, or the ups and downs. It should be clear that these two methods to use fish drowned-drag effect or not, the swing should always be present.
4) Method of Leisenring: not for nothing is a simple but very effective to mimic the rise of nymphs or pupae in moments that are evolving. Once we located the trout must castes upstream of it to fly to sink to their level, about 60 inches before the trout takes the fly to navigate to the level of trout or a little lower. At this moment we correct the line and let the current tense, tensing the leader that makes up the fly to the surface. The action of the fly up to the surface of this very nature is irresistible to trout.
Original article
Joseé Luis Scrihvano
