Does anybody have the tying instructions for this fly? Thanks Larry
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Gold Crackleback Tying Instructions
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Posts: 484 01/08/2008 09:34 miupper |
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Posts: 1287 01/08/2008 10:02 |
Larry
Don't understand your posting??? I tie the Crackleback with several colored dubbings, although the most effective ones (in my experiences) have been with an olive colored (Pale Evening Dun) and a light yellow (Pale Watery) - dry fly / Superfine dubbing, both tied with black silk; brown Whiting dry fly hackle palmered 5 1/2 turns; and two strips of peacock herl as the back spine. I also then put a drop of Watershed on each fly, letting it dry overnight. In researching some of the old patterns, there were / are quite a few other palmered flies, in fact, I've tied a few based on F. Halford's recipes, including one fly that was tied with a yellowish / goldish dubbing; gold wire; and the peacock herl wrapped between the palmered hackle. Hope this info helps. If not, please send me a private e-mail. Do you want me to send you a few of the olive & yellow CBs to try? Best Bob PS - Larry Dug these out that I tied awhile back. Used amber colored dubbing and a thin gold wire. 
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oldschoolcane |
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Posts: 144 01/11/2008 14:42 |
Bob, what dubbing are you using? Nicely done.
Tim
"I can't set foot in the same river twice, for when I do neither the river, nor I will be the same." Heraclites
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Posts: 1289 01/11/2008 15:20 |
Oldschoolcane
Used Wapsi Superfine #1 - "Amber". Will try them when Cheese Country season re-opens in a couple months.... 'till then, will be tying up more of these and my "standard" Cracklebacks (which I KNOW will work well !). Cheers and Safe Fishing Bob |
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Posts: 302 01/12/2008 20:14 |
Can't comment on the Gold CB but as Bob said (which I KNOW will work well !).The Standard CB are deadly. I have fished them for years and its still my go to fly. This past fall I was in Colorado and fished 11 mile (South Platte) and went to the local fly shops for all the right stuff and was warned of how picky the South Platte trout can be. I fished midges that were so small I couldn't find them in my box and managed a few takes but tied on a CB and smoked em the whole morning. Pic above is a nice South Platte Bow on the Yellow Crackleback. Cb's will catch fish everywhere and Bob tyes the best ! By the way I just received my order of CB's and thanks again Bob they look great and I'll be using them in the am. Can't wait to try the soft hackles too. Scott
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Posts: 145 01/14/2008 12:33 |
No question about it, its a fine pattern. Some tyers here in Missouri, tie it with weight, in larger sizes to fish for smallmouth. Many variations and they all
seem to work.
Tim
"I can't set foot in the same river twice, for when I do neither the river, nor I will be the same." Heraclites
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crcaddis |
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Posts: 224 01/14/2008 16:58 |
I use sparkle braid for the bodies on most of mine, sometimes I use metallic tinsel, but plain old dubbing works well too. Cheers.
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Posts: 146 01/16/2008 12:30 |
Bob,
Seems like the CB was originally designed as a dry/wet pattern, I 've always thought about puuting together a CB meant only to be fished as a wetfly, sort of a flymph version? Not that different, but maybe you could use a good quality hen hackle/soft hackle type for hackling & different dubbing to alter it. What do you think? Tim
"I can't set foot in the same river twice, for when I do neither the river, nor I will be the same." Heraclites
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Posts: 1292 01/16/2008 13:36 |
Tim
A TU buddy likes me to tie him my "standard olive CB" but with a gold bead head which he naturally fishes as a wet / nymph. Last year, while searching for the Spotted Dace in the Driftless Area of Cheese Country, a fellow who camped next to me gave me a soft hackled pattern (I have no idea what it's called) that is tied with a peacock herl body and a brown palmered soft hackle on size 12 and 14 hooks.... I've tied a few this winter and intend to fish them when the SD season re-opens in a couple months. Several years ago, I did tie up a bunch of CB alternatives, all on size 14 hooks using the same brown dry fly hackle, but I used approx. 15+ different colored bodies....ranging from light to dark colored bodies. Realizing that the different colored bodies might be more / less effective at various times of the year and the results could vary depending on the time of the year ... but the light olive (Pale Evening Dun) and the light yellow (Pale Watery) Superfine dubbings seem to catch the most Spotted Dace. I am contemplating tying up a few CB variations / flymphs where I would do a half-shank palmer with a hen (or starling, partridge, etc.) hackle and see if they work. As an added comment, for the standard CBs that I tie / use, I always tie the dry fly hackles facing toward the hook eye since I think (no proof, just personal opinion that this makes the CB stand up higher in the water film / surface), whereas those using the softer hen hackles, I'd tie with the hackles facing the hook bend which would have the hackles bend over the body. To keep the hen hackles from laying flat over the body, I'd probably put a fuzzy thorax on the fly. Will have to do a few in the coming weeks and see if the Cheese Country Dace will find them acceptable ..... since Gofish spends most of his time fishing his secret streams, I may have to have him be the test pilot for the CB variations, right Ed? Cheers and Safe Fishing Bob |
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Posts: 147 01/17/2008 14:08 |
Bob, you'll probably get some tyed up before I will, if you do -post a picture, I believe they'l work fairly well. Good luck.
Tim
"I can't set foot in the same river twice, for when I do neither the river, nor I will be the same." Heraclites
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Posts: 226 01/17/2008 14:09 |
Cracklebacks are a dry wet fly...fish em dry, then pull em under and twitch them just under the surface. Some folks even strip them across the bottom on a sink
tip..Youll find them in almost any Missouri anglers fly boxes and in an abundance of variations. Bead head crackle backs work well, leaded cracklebacks work
well, some folks add a tail of mallard flank or wood duck. If your thinking subsurface, I'd still go with a dry fly hackle and tie it in like the original,
it seems to work better. Cheers.
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Posts: 342 12/19/2008 18:16 |
I was roaming the web for some fly tying info, and came upon some videos of Ed Story tying a Crackleback. Poignant and Fascinating.
There appear to be a bunch of videos there of him.
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Posts: 174 12/19/2008 21:30 |
This pattern and Ed Story, both classic's. We'll miss you, Ed.
"I can't set foot in the same river twice, for when I do neither the river, nor I will be the same." Heraclites
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